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Casemoth larva

Psychidae

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

A small protective case of a case moth larva, length about 20mm.

Habitat:

Spotted at Monkey Forest, Ubud, Bali.

Notes:

The Psychidae are a family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the names refer to the habits of caterpillar, which build small protective cases in which they can hide.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Tineoidea
Family: Psychidae

Reference Links:

Bagworm Moths - Psychidae - Overview, Bagworm moth - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
maplemoth662
A beautiful photo....a very interesting photo....a beautiful protective case....
JordiPrats
Thanks for the link Mark, interesting
Mark Ridgway
We have several in Australia not yet described http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psyc-cases.html

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PublishedApril 4, 2017

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