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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Tineinae » Household Casebearer Moths (Phereoeca) » Household Casebearer - Hodges#0390 (Phereoeca uterella)
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Casemaker Caterpillar - Phereoeca uterella
Copyright © 2007 Dave Porter

Casemaker Caterpillar - Phereoeca uterella
Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
January 28, 2007
Size: ca. 7/8 in. max.
Submitted on behalf of Dave Porter, AIA. Help with identification will be much appreciated. These are found indoors, crawling across floors and up walls and even on ceilings. Dave has seen these in his house and garage since 1987.

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Contributed by Bob Patterson on 28 January, 2007 - 11:23am
Last updated 28 January, 2007 - 3:16pm

Hey Bob, I don't know how man
Hey Bob, I don't know how many species are in Florida, but I have one that looks like this known as Phereoeca walsinghami
… Dennis Profant, 28 January, 2007 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
0390 - Household Casebearer Moth - Phereoeca uterella
Thanks, Dennis, for pointing in the right direction. As usual the taxonomy has changed since Hodges 1983. This was indeed known as P. walsinghami and also as the Plaster Bagworm Moth. Jeff Hollenbeck has a photo of an adult in the Guide here:



There's a nice page on this species at Florida Featured Creatures, a fantastic website that dished out 4.6 million page views last year!
… Bob Patterson, 28 January, 2007 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Bob, what do you think
of ?
… john and jane balaban, 28 January, 2007 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks Very Similar to Me -- I'd file them together....
... with the understanding, as pointed out in the Florida Featured Creatures page, that there are similar species and that they may be confused. It sounds like the Florida species could span the Gulf Coast States. The case coloration no doubt varies depending on the materials available to the larvae.
… Bob Patterson, 28 January, 2007 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

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