Cases of Australian PSYCHIDAE

Some Caterpillar cases of PSYCHIDAE in Australia
Bagworms, Casemoths
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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. Following that idea, we present here the few known larval cases of some species that have been identified by rearing and determining the species of the adult, and also the larval cases that have been found to differ from these, and from each other, in some unique way, and suggest that these are all from distinct but as yet undetermined species, but from which no adults have yet been reared for further identification.

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*	*Piestoceros conjunctella*	*Sentica felderi*	Trigonocyttara clandestina Less-stick Casemoth

Cases of other possible unidentified PSYCHIDAE species -

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(updated 2 June 2014, 28 December 2024)

Undetermined species AA Wattle Casemoth	Undetermined species AB Haphazard Casemoth	Undetermined species AC	Undetermined species AD
Undetermined species AF Pyramid Casemoth	Undetermined species AG Left-handed Twisted Pyramid Casemoth	Undetermined species AH Right handed Twisted Pyramid Casemoth	Undetermined species AI Haphazard Pyramid Casemoth
Undetermined species BI	Undetermined species AJ	Undetermined species AK	Undetermined species AL
Undetermined species AM	Undetermined species AN Temple Casemoth	Undetermined species AO	Undetermined species AP
Undetermined species AQ	Undetermined species AR	Undetermined species AS	Undetermined species AT
Undetermined species AU	Undetermined species AV Telephone Casemoth	Undetermined species AW Bootlace Casemoth	Undetermined species AX Pipe Casemoth
Undetermined species AY Flaky Casemoth	Undetermined species BA Fluffy Casemoth	Undetermined species BB	Undetermined species BC Bark Casemoth