Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus, 1761)
Leopard Moth
50.0020 (B&F: 161)
Synonym(s):
Zeuzera aesculi (Linnaeus, 1767)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Cossoidea
»Family: Cossidae
»Subfamily: Zeuzerinae
»Tribe: Grapholitini
A resident species usually occurring sparingly but occasionally fairly common to common at mv light in a wide range of habitats. Widely and perhaps generally distributed but very local and irregular in numbers. Single-brooded, flying mainly from late June to mid-August. Larvae feed inside the limbs of a wide variety of trees and shrubs. (Pratt, 2011)
