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Species Apterona helix - Snailcase bagworm - Hodges#438

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Tineoidea

Family Psychidae (Bagworm Moths)

Subfamily Psychinae

Genus Apterona

Species helix (Snailcase bagworm - Hodges#438)

Hodges Number

438

Remarks

Introduced from Europe in the 1940s.

Internet References

USDA

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 14 November, 2007 - 2:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 29 November, 2007 - 3:43pm

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