Cryptothelea gloverii
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Cryptothelea gloverii | |
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Cryptothelea gloverii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Psychidae |
Genus: | Cryptothelea |
Species: | C. gloverii
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Binomial name | |
Cryptothelea gloverii (Packard, 1869)
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Synonyms | |
Cryptothelea gloveri (lapsus) |
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
[edit]- ^ "Glover's Bagworm Moth (Cryptothelea gloverii)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ 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.