Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order LEPIDOPTERA
Family COSSIDAE
(Carpenter Moths)
(Table of Species)
The Moths of this Family (45 NA spp) are large for Micros. The larvae of the Carpenter Moth,
Prionoxystus macmurtrei
, is a wood-borer in various trees.
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Last updated May, 2000
