Sapheneutis pulchella

Sapheneutis pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Subfamily: Psychinae
Genus: Sapheneutis
Species: S. pulchella
Binomial name
Sapheneutis pulchella
Sobczyk & Schütte, 2010

Sapheneutis pulchella is a species of bagworm native to eastern Madagascar.[1]

Biology

The male has a wingspan of 21mm, length of the forewings: 10mm. The female has a wingspan between 21 and 31mm.

Forewings are rounded with 9 veins, white with black dots, hidewings are uniformly white with 6 veins. Antenna has 52 segments densely scaled, the eyes are black and large, the eye height is approx. 3.5 times the distance of the eyes.

The types had been found on trees with litchens and were found around Andasibe, Moramanga.[2]

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