| Bootlace Casemoth PSYCHIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Steve Pearson, Airlie Beach, Queensland)
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| Bootlace Casemoth PSYCHIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Steve Pearson, Airlie Beach, Queensland)
The case of this insect is long and thin, and covered with finely chewed lichen. It is unclear at this stage if it is actually a Psychidae larva. It has a length of about 3 cms.
The long one pictured here was on a Red Cedar tree trunk, apparently feeding on
Typically it was anchored at one end that stayed anchored, and was eating the lichens in a pattern like a windscreen wiper. So one day it was horizontal say 3 o'clock, the next day it was up a little say 1.30, and the next day it was vertical at 12 o'clock, the next day it was 10.30, and then next dayat 9 o'clock.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 19 April 2016, updated 22 July 2024)