Cryptothelea gloverii

Cryptothelea gloverii
Cryptothelea gloverii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Cryptothelea
Species:
C. gloverii
Binomial name
Cryptothelea gloverii
(Packard, 1869)
Synonyms

Cryptothelea gloveri (lapsus)
Platoeceticus gloveri (lapsus)
Platoeceticus gloverii

Cryptothelea gloverii is a species of bagworm moth. Its native range includes North[1] and Central America.

It favors orange trees, and also eat the camphor scale (Pseudaonidia duplex), a scale insect.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Glover's Bagworm Moth (Cryptothelea gloverii)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  2. ^ Villanueva, R. T., Rodrigues, J. C., & Childers, C. C. (2005). Larval Cryptothelea gloverii (Lepidoptera: Psycidae), an arthropod predator and herbivore on Florida citrus. Experimental & applied acarology, 36(1-2), 83-92.


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