Zeuzera pyrina

Leopard moth
Upperside
Lateral view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Zeuzera
Species:	Z. pyrina
Binomial name
Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms[1]
List Phalaena pyrina Linnaeus, 1761 Phalaena aesculi Linnaeus, 1767 Zeuzera decipiens Kirby, 1892 Noctua hypocasstani Poda, 1761 Zeuzera hypocastrina Dyar, 1902 Phalaena hilaris Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785 Zeuzera octopunctata Boisduval, [1841] Zeuzera pirina Staudinger, 1879 Zeuzera esculi Staudinger, 1895 Zeuzera pyrina ab. conflua Schultz, 1905 Zeuzera yprina Stichel, 1918 Zeuzera yprina f. paulomaculata Stichel, 1918 Zeuzera pyrina ab. confluens Cockayne, 1955 Zeuzera pyrina f. marginestriata Lempke, 1961 Zeuzera pyrinia El-Hariri, 1968

Zeuzera pyrina, the leopard moth or wood leopard moth, is a moth of the family Cossidae.^[2]

It is considered a pest by fruit growers, as the larvae feed on branches of many kinds of fruit trees. Olive trees in particular are very susceptible and can be killed by the larvae burrowing within them.