Scolecocampa liburna

Scolecocampa liburna, the dead-wood borer, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Geyer in 1837. It is found in the US from southern Wisconsin and Michigan to central New England south to Florida and Texas.

Scolecocampa liburna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Scolecocampa
Species:	S. liburna
Binomial name
Scolecocampa liburna (Geyer, 1837)
Synonyms
Scolecocampa ligni Guenée, 1852

The wingspan is 35–43 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to late July and again in late August in southern Ohio. There seems to be one generation in the north. There are more generations southward.

The larvae tunnel in fallen branches and trunks of chestnut, hickory, oak, sycamore and other trees. Larvae have also been recorded from fallen dead tulip trees.

References

• Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
• "930637.00 – 8514 – Scolecocampa liburna – Deadwood Borer Moth – (Geyer, 1837)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
• Cotinis (November 21, 2015). "Species Scolecocampa liburna - Dead-wood Borer Moth - Hodges#8514". BugGuide. Retrieved March 24, 2020.