David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
___________________________________________________________________________Moths
58 – Leopard Moths
LEOPARD
MOTH Zeugera pyrina
(m) LEOPARD
MOTH Zeugera pyrina
(m)
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The Leopard
Moth Zeugera pyrina (Cossidae, Zeuzerinae) is distinctive in appearance, with black-spotted,
semi-transparent wings and six large black spots on its thorax. The feathered
antennae of the males are rather beautiful, but these intricate structures have
a pragmatic purpose as they possess large surface areas to enable their owners
to detect pheromone molecules being emitted by potential mates. The wood-boring
larvae are long lived, taking two to three years to develop inside the woody stems
of their food-plants, including a broad range of species, some of which may be
of commercial value, for example, Apple Malus spp. trees growing in orchards. As the adults do not
feed, this stage of their life cycle is short.
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