Zeuzera pyrina
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Csóka, GY., and Kovács, T. 1999. Xylophagous insects. Forest Research Institute. Erdészeti Turományos Intézet. Agroinform Kiadó, Budapest. 189 pp.
En: Leopard moth, Wood leopard
The wingspan is 30-70 mm. Develops for 2 years, overwintering twice as a larva. The adults fly in June-July. Polyphagous, developing in many broad-leaved species (Malus, Prunus, Sorbus, Syringa etc.). Unlike the goat moth, it prefers younger stems and branches. The fully-grown larva is ca. 60 mm long. Eurasian species, widespread and common in Hungary, occasionally causing damage.
 Photo by Beat Forster, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Bugwood.org |  Photo by Milan Zubrik, Forest Research Institute - Slovakia, Bugwood.org |  Photo by Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, Bugwood.org |
