Acanthopsyche is a genus of moths in the Psychidae family. The genus was named by the Dutch entomologist Franciscus J.M. Heylaerts.

Acanthopsyche
Acanthopsyche atra male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Acanthopsyche
Heylaerts, 1881
Synonyms

The males are relatively large, with a wingspan of 15–28 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.[1]

Species

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  • Acanthopsyche atra (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Acanthopsyche calamochroa (Hampson, 1910)
  • Acanthopsyche carayoni Bourgogne, 1986
  • Acanthopsyche carbonaria Karsch, 1900
  • Acanthopsyche chrysora Bourgogne, 1980
  • Acanthopsyche ebneri (Rebel, 1917)
  • Acanthopsyche ecksteini (Lederer, 1855)
  • Acanthopsyche emiliae (Heylaerts, 1890)
  • Acanthopsyche entwistlei Bourgogne, 1962
  • Acanthopsyche ernsti Bourgogne, 1980
  • Acanthopsyche melanoleuca Bourgogne, 1965
  • Acanthopsyche mixta Bourgogne, 1962
  • Acanthopsyche modesta Bourgogne, 1978
  • Acanthopsyche multicaulis Bourgogne, 1985
  • Acanthopsyche ogiva Bourgogne, 1984
  • Acanthopsyche pauliani Bourgogne, 1984
  • Acanthopsyche phaea Bourgogne, 1979
  • Acanthopsyche roomei Bourgogne, 1984
  • Acanthopsyche siederi Szőcs, 1961
  • Acanthopsyche sierricola (White, 1858)
  • Acanthopsyche tristis Janse, 1917
  • Acanthopsyche tristoides Bourgogne, 1965
  • Acanthopsyche zelleri (Mann, 1856)
  • Acanthopsyche zernyi (Bourgogne, 1964)

References

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  1. ^ Hättenschwiler, P (1985). Heath, John; Emmet, A Maitland; Fletcher, D S; Pelham-Clinton, E C; Skinner, Bernard; Tremewan, W G (eds.). Psychidae. In The Moths And Butterflies Of Great Britain And Ireland. Volume 2. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 147. ISBN 0 946589 19 4.
  • Dierl, W., 1972: Revision einiger afrikanischer Psychidae-Gattungen (Lepidoptera) mit einem provisorischen verzeichnis der bekannten afrikanischen Makropsychiden. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 61: 16-63.
  • Sobczyk, T., 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.
  • Sobczyk, T., 2011: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 10 Psychidae (Lepidoptera): 1-467.
  • Solyanikov V.P., 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.
  • Sviridov, A.V. & S.K. Korb, 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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