Appearance
This is a highly distinctive species with a very furry white thorax marked with six black spots and heavily spotted white wings. The wingspan is 35–60 mm. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location.
Naming
"Zeuzera biebingeri" is treated as a subspecies of "Z. pyrina" by some sources, but is mostly treated as a valid species.
Food
The caterpillars feed on various deciduous trees and shrubs, feeding internally for two or three years in the stems and branches before emerging to pupate under the bark. It can be a pest of fruit production.References:
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