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Casemoth larva

Psychidae

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

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3 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A beautiful photo....a very interesting photo....a beautiful protective case....

JordiPrats
JordiPrats 6 years ago

Thanks for the link Mark, interesting

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 6 years ago

We have several in Australia not yet described
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...

JordiPrats
Spotted by
JordiPrats

Bali, Indonesia

Spotted on Feb 16, 2015
Submitted on Apr 4, 2017

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