Prionoxystus piger

Prionoxystus piger, the baccharis carpenterworm moth, is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found in Florida and Cuba.

Prionoxystus piger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Prionoxystus
Species:	P. piger
Binomial name
Prionoxystus piger (Grote, 1865)
Synonyms
Xyleutes piger Grote, [1866] Prionoxystus baccharides Clarke, 1952

Adults have been recorded on wing from February to April in Florida.^[1]

The larvae bore in the main stem of Baccharis species.^[2]