Acanthopsyche is a genus of moths in the Psychidae family. The genus was named by the Dutch entomologist Franciscus J.M. Heylaerts.
The males are relatively large, with a wingspan of 15âÂÂ28 mm. The females are apterous (i.e. wingless) and have rudimentary antennae and legs. The eyes are reduced to black spots. The larvae live in a case which is covered longitudinally with plant matter.
Species
- Acanthopsyche alstoni <small>(Watt & Mann, 1903)</small>
- Acanthopsyche atra <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Acanthopsyche bipars (<small>Walker, 1865</small>)
- Acanthopsyche calamochroa <small>(Hampson, 1910)</small>
- Acanthopsyche cana <small>(Hampson, 1892)</small>
- Acanthopsyche canarensis <small>(Hampson, 1905)</small>
- Acanthopsyche carayoni (<small>Bourgogne, 1986)</small>
- Acanthopsyche carbonaria (<small>Karsch, 1900)</small>
- Acanthopsyche chrysora (<small>Bourgogne, 1980)</small>
- Acanthopsyche ebneri <small>(Rebel, 1917)</small>
- Acanthopsyche ecksteini <small>(Lederer, 1855)</small>
- Acanthopsyche elwesi <small>(Heylaerts, 1890)</small>
- Acanthopsyche emiliae <small>(Heylaerts, 1890)</small>
- Acanthopsyche entwistlei (<small>Bourgogne, 1962)</small>
- Acanthopsyche ernsti (<small>Bourgogne, 1980)</small>
- Acanthopysche larimanti <small>(Heylaerts, 1904)</small>
- Acanthopsyche melanoleuca (<small>Bourgogne, 1965)</small>
- Acanthopsyche mixta (<small>Bourgogne, 1962)</small>
- Acanthopsyche modesta (<small>Bourgogne, 1978)</small>
- Acanthopsyche multicaulis (<small>Bourgogne, 1985)</small>
- Acanthopsyche ogiva (<small>Bourgogne, 1984)</small>
- Acanthopsyche pauliani (<small>Bourgogne, 1984)</small>
- Acanthopsyche phaea (<small>Bourgogne, 1979)</small>
- Acanthopsyche punctimarginalis (<small>Hampson, 1897)</small>
- Acanthopsyche roomei (<small>Bourgogne, 1984)</small>
- Acanthopsyche siederi (<small>SzÃ
Âcs, 1961)</small>
- Acanthopsyche sierricola <small>(White, 1858)</small>
- Acanthopsyche tristis (<small>Janse, 1917)</small>
- Acanthopsyche tristoides (<small>Bourgogne, 1965)</small>
- Acanthopsyche nigraplaga <small>(Wileman, 1911)</small>
- Acanthopsyche zelleri <small>(Mann, 1856)</small>
- Acanthopsyche zernyi <small>(Bourgogne, 1964)</small>
References
- , 1972: Revision einiger afrikanischer Psychidae-Gattungen (Lepidoptera) mit einem provisorischen verzeichnis der bekannten afrikanischen Makropsychiden. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 61: 16-63.
- , 2011: Die Psychidae (Lepidoptera) des Bismarck-Archipels gesammelt auf der Noona Dan Expedition 1961/62 aus dem Museum Kopenhagen mit einer Checklist der Psychidae Papua Neuguineas. Entomologische Zeitschrift 121 (6): 243-253.
- , 2011: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 10 Psychidae (Lepidoptera): 1-467.
- , 2004: New species of the Bagworm genus Acanthopsyche Heylaerts (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) from Saratov Area. Bulletin of Moscow Society of Naturalists, Biological Series 190 (4): 58-59.
- , 2010: An illustrated catalogue of primary type specimens of the Lepidoptera in collection of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University described in the second half of XXth century. Eversmannia 21/22: 6-27.
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