Psyche quadrangularis
Appearance
Psyche quadrangularis | |
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Psyche quadrangularis case and adult | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Psychidae |
Genus: | Psyche |
Species: | P. quadrangularis
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Binomial name | |
Psyche quadrangularis (Christoph, 1873)
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Psyche quadrangularis is a moth of the Psychidae family. It is found in the grasslands and deserts of Southwestern and Central Asia.[1]
The larvae build a typical square-shaped case made of small twigs they cut to size and join at almost perfect right angles.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Azaria, Alon (1989). Jehoshua Kugler (ed.). Amicta quadrangularis. Plants and Animals of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Vol. 3. Ministry of Defense. p. 260. ISBN 965-05-0070-7.