Scolecocampa liburna

Scolecocampa liburna, the dead-wood borer, is a moth in the family Erebidae.

It is found in the US from southern Wisconsin and Michigan to central New England south to Florida and Texas.

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.

This article on a moth of the subfamily Scolecocampinae is a stub.