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larva crawling Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, evergreen bagworm Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, evergreen bagworm. The evergreen bagworm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis), commonly known as bagworm, eastern bagworm, common bagworm, common basket worm, or North American bagworm, is a moth that spins its cocoon in its larval life, decorating it with bits of plant material from the trees on which it ...
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species [ 2 ] described. Bagworm species are found globally, with some, such as the snailcase bagworm ( Apterona helicoidella ), in modern times settling continents where ...
Metisa plana (or "bagworm") is a moth of the family Psychidae (the bagworms) first described by Francis Walker in 1883. [1] It is found in Sumatra , Malaysia and Sri Lanka . [ 2 ] It is a major pest on Elaeis guineensis , the African oil palm.
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The bagworm moths (Psychidae), which also belong to the primitive Ditrysia (although to superfamily Tineoidea, not Gelechioidea), build similar cases as larvae. As opposed to these, though, the case-bearer females leave their cases to pupate and have normally developed wings as adults, instead of being neotenous as female bagworms usually are.
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Epipyrops exigua, female. The Epipyropidae comprise a small family of moths.This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectoparasites, the hosts typically being fulgoroid planthoppers, thus the common name planthopper parasite moths.