#cossidae

I just spotted this beautiful, but sadly dead, moth on a train station platform in Thuringia, Germany.

Finger for scale^^

Thank you for what you're doing, keep on rocking! <3

Moth ID - Germany:

Yes hello hello yes, this is the Wood Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina), family Cossidae.

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saw this little friend! in georgia, usa. i was wondering if you knew what it was?

This moth's black spots are shining to blue and cyan when reflect some light! it's so beautiful ◕.◕☆

Moth Of The Day #128

Wood Leopard Moth / Leopard Moth

Zeuzera pyrina

From the cossidae family. They have a wingspan of 35-70 mm. They tend to inhabit gardens, woodland and orchards. They can be found primarily in Europe, but are also found in certain areas of northern Africa and Asia.

A Carpenter Moth endemic to SW Australia.

It was first described in 1945, by pediatrician and amatuer entomologist Alfred Jefferis Turner (1861 – 1947). He left his collection of over 50,000 moth specimens to the CSIRO.

There are seven species in the genus, all endemic to Australia, and four of them were described by Axel Kallies & Doiglas J Hilton in 2012. Kallies identifies most of the Australian Moths I have trouble with.