Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Larva. >Dahlica triquetrella
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 20-04-2017 12:49
#1
Who knows which family this is? I have no idea about it.
Length 9mm.
Kokkola Finland 20 April 2017.
Pentti.
Edited by Pentti Ketola on 21-04-2017 08:33
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 20-04-2017 12:50
#2
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Posted by piros on 20-04-2017 13:48
#3
I think it is Psychidae (bagworm moth) caterpillar.
Regards,
Henrik
Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-04-2017 13:48
#4
Lepidoptera, Psychidae, probably
Luffia
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 21-04-2017 08:33
#5
Hi,
Harri Jalava told me that it is
Dahlica triquetrella (Psychidae).
Thank you very much for all your help!
Pentti.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 21-04-2017 10:01
#6
Dahlica triquetrella larvae have paler head and thorax (as far as I am aware). I think this is likely to be one of the other
Dahlica species (such as
lichenella) which, like
Luffia, have dark, almost black, head and thorax.
There are pupal characters which can be used to separate the parthenogenetic, wingless females.