INSECTS Australia New Guinea South East Asia, SE Asian Moths Drepanidae (Hooktip Moths, False Owlet Moths), South East Asian Cossidae (Carpenter Moths, Wood Moths, Goat Moths), South East Asian Lepidoptera (Moths)
This large carpenter moth is found from India and the Philippines extending south-east to New Guinea. Unlike the externally feeding caterpillars of most moth families Cossid moth caterpillars are borers. Most bore inside trunks and large stems above ground rather than in roots
Xyleutes strix Danum Valley Sabah Malaysia WL to 60.0mm
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