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Phereoeca uterella, known by the vernacular names plaster bagworm [a] and household casebearer [b], is a moth species in family Tineidae. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] It occurs in tropical climates, where it is common in houses, and is presumed native to the Neotropical realm . [ 4 ]
Collectively known as case-bearers, casebearing moths or case moths, this family is represented on all continents, but the majority are found in temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. They are most common in the Palearctic , and rare in sub-Saharan Africa , South America , and Australia ; consequently, they probably originated (like most ...
Salvinia stem-borer moths lay their eggs on water plants like Azolla caroliniana (water velvet), Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce), and Salvinia rotundifolia (water fern). [4] Larval feeding on host plants causes plant death, which makes S. multiplicalis a good candidate for biological control of weedy water plants like Salvinia molesta , an ...
Psychodidae, also called drain flies, sink flies, filter flies, [2] sewer flies, or sewer gnats, is a family of true flies.Some genera have short, hairy bodies and wings, giving them a "furry" moth-like appearance, hence one of their common names, moth flies. [2]
The moth is native to North America, ranging from Canada to Mexico and has been introduced into other continents. [3] Introduced to what was formerly Yugoslavia in the 1940s (firstly recorded in 1949 [4]), it now has occupied probably its entire range in Europe from France to the Caspian Sea in the east as well as penetrated into Central Asia: Turkmenistan (from 1990 to 1993), Uzbekistan ...
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, [2] snout moths or grass moths, [3] are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily , making the combined group one of the largest families in the ...
Choreutis nemorana, the fig-tree skeletonizer moth or fig leaf roller, is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. [1] It was first described by the German entomologist Jacob Hübner in 1799. [ 2 ]
This subfamily includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths (or tigers), which usually have bright colours, footmen, which are usually much drabber, lichen moths, and wasp moths. Many species have "hairy" caterpillars that are popularly known as woolly bears or woolly worms .