Psychidae

11.007 Scarce Bagworm Bankesia conspurcatella (Zeller 1850)

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Similar species:

Forewing: M 6 to 7mm, F wingless

Habitats:

Habits: The male will come to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds on lichens growing on tree trunks, walls and fences. The full-fed larva overwinters in its case where it pupates in late January or February attached to a fence, rock or a crevice in a trunk. The pupal case is left half protruding from the larval case on emergence.