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. 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 -


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

Undetermined species BD

Right-handed
Twisted Tower Casemoth

Undetermined species BH

Left-handed
Twisted Tower Casemoth

Undetermined species BE

Cone Casemoth

Undetermined species BF

Sandy Casemoth

Undetermined species BG

Smooth Casemoth

Undetermined species BI
Crumpled Casemoth

Undetermined species BJ

Pied Neat Casemoth

Undetermined species BK
Dark Neat Casemoth

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(updated 2 June 2014, 28 December 2024)