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Psychidae 300008 – 0437   Psyche casta (Pallas, 1767)              Common Bagworm

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Larva and Host Plants: Host familiy: Ericaceae Poaceae Lichens[none_specified] Musci[none_specified] Eriococcidae[Insecta].  Host genera: Vaccinium Cryptococcus[Insecta] Musci.  Host extended: polyphagous, Poaceae lichens, Musci (Robinson et al 2002); grasses, mosses, lichens, & other low pla...  (Kimberley & Douglas 2025) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: casta (Pallas, 1767) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 437 bowerella (Chapman, 1900) (Fumea) carpini Schrank, 1802 (Psyche) germanica (Chapman, 1900) (Fumea) hibernicella (Chapman, 1900) (Masonia) hirsutella (Petersen, 1900) (Fumea) intermediella Bruand, 1853 (Psyche) lucidella (Haworth, 1802) (Tinea) mitfordella (Chapman, 1900) (Fumea) muscea (Haworth, 1811) (Fumaria) nana (Borkhausen, 1790) (Phalaena) niphonica (Hori, 1926) (Eumea) nitida (Haworth, 1811) (Fumaria) nitidea (Haworth, 1811) (Fumea) nitidella (Hübner, 1793) (Phalaena) palearis (Geoffroy, in: Fourcroy, 1785) (Tinea) roboricolella Bruand, 1845 (Psyche) tubifer (Kirby, 1892) (Fumea) tubifex (Retzius, 1783) (Phalaena) ussuriensis (Kozhantschikov, 1956) (Fumea) vestita (de Villers, 1789) (Phalaena) viciella (Vallot, 1802) (Phalaena)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

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