Cases of Australian PSYCHIDAE

Some Caterpillar cases of PSYCHIDAE in Australia
Bagworms, Casemoths
TINEOIDEA

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

PSYCHIDAE

caterpillars

PSYCHIDAE

pupae

PSYCHIDAE

males

PSYCHIDAE

females

PSYCHIDAE

undersides

It is a normal taxonomic belief that each of the 350 Australian named species in PSYCHIDAE not only have unique DNA, but have adults with unique colour patterns, and unique wing venations, and unique genitalia. So it is tempting to believe that the structural pattern of external attachments to the larval case of each PSYCHIDAE species is unique. Sadly this has been proved wrong, and different adult species have been reared from very similar cases.

Bathromelas hyaloscopa Buloke Bagworm	Cebysa leucotelus Australian Bagmoth	Clania ignobilis Faggot Casemoth	Clania lewinii Stick Casemoth
*Conoeca guildingi*	*Dappula tertius*	Hyalarcta huebneri Leaf Casemoth	Hyalarcta nigrescens Ribbed Casemoth
Hyalarcta species	Lepidoscia arctiella Tower Casemoth	Lepidoscia lainodes Jumble Casemoth	*Lomera boisduvalii*
Lomera xanthochrysa Lateral Casemoth	*Lomera zophopepla*	Lomera species	*Metura aristocosma*
Metura elongatus Saunders' Casemoth	*Metura falcata*	*Metura phyllosacca*	Metura species
*Oecobia frauenfeldi*	Oiketicus species Two-ways Casemoth	*Piestoceros conjunctella*	*Sentica felderi*