Undetermined Psychidae BC Bark Casemoth PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Nadine Aronheim)

This Caterpillar covers its case with overlapping small flakes of bark. This is similar to Undetermined Psychidae AY, except that species lays the flakes alongside each other with no overlaps.

head and thorax, close-up
(Photo: courtesy of Nadine Aronheim)

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(written 4 May 2022, updated 24 July 2024)