Acanthopsyche

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 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

• 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

• 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.