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Teak Beehole Borer

Xyleutes ceramica

Description:

Showing the cararacteristic white spots in the wings. Is one of the largers moths of this family. Looks like wood, Family: cossidae Subfamily: zeuzerinae Xyleutes ceramica (Walker, 1865)

Habitat:

Lowlands, tropical, forest

Notes:

Xyleutes ceramica Walker sinonyms: Zeuzera ceramica Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus. 32: 587. Duomitus ligneus Butler, 1880, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5), 6: 68. Eudoxyba bosschae Heylaerts, 1886, C. r. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 36: 95. Xyleutes ceramica Walker; Roepke, 1957: 24; Barlow, 1982: 42.

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Juan Manuel
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Juan Manuel

Cagayan, Philippines

Spotted on Jun 13, 2013
Submitted on Jun 13, 2013

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