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Psychidae

   Case Moths, Bag Moths. The larvae construct portable cases of silk ornamented with sticks, grass, leaves or sand grains. The type of case can help identify a species.     [145 Aust. species]

 
Iphierga sp. 1 Iphierga sp. 3 Iphierga sp. 5  
       
 

  Lepidoscia sp. 12 Lepidoscia sp. 15 Metura elongatus
       

larva 01

 filename: gvc4570 larva 02 larva 03
       

larva 04 filename: gvc4586 filename: gvc1758 filename: gvc0837
       

 
filename: gvc2686 filename: gvc4612 filename: gvc1677  
       
 

  filename: gvc6897 Lepidoscia sp. 12 filename: gvc3016

 

      

References:

Moths of Australia

Ian F.B. Common

Melbourne University Press, 1990

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