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CARPENTER MOTH [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A member of the family Cossidae, whose larvae bore in the wood of living trees, spoiling the timber but rarely killing the host.

OBS

Includes the bee-hole borer (Xyleutes ceramica) of Burma and the Far East, whose tunnels are termed bee-holes; the European goat moth (Cossus cossus); and the carpenter worm, the caterpillar of Prionoxystus robiniae, which tunnels in broadleaved trees, sometimes killing them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Chenille issue des lépidoptères, notamment de la famille des Cossidés et des Sessidés, qui prospère dans le bois des arbres vivants, endommageant de la sorte les tissus ligneux.

Spanish

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