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Household Casebearer Moth

Phereoeca uterella

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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25.7075, -80.4043

Field Notes

Habitat:

in homes

Notes:

caterpillar in case (pic 2) commonly seen in houses stuck to the wall or ceilings.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
teri560
Thank you! My grandmother called them plaster bugs.
AnnvanWijgerden
Thanks for sharing! Now I know what the adults look like; we see a lot of these caterpillars around the house.

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PublishedJanuary 7, 2012

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