Acanthopsyche bipars

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Acanthopsyche bipars
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Acanthopsyche
Species:
A. bipars
Binomial name
Acanthopsyche bipars
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Perina bipars Walker, 1865 [1]
  • Amatissa weyersi (Heylaerts, 1885) [2]
  • Kophene weyersi (Heylaerts, 1885) [2]

Acanthopsyche bipars is a bagworm moth of the genus Acanthopsyche originally described as Perina bipars by Walker in 1868 using a specimen form India. [1]

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Description

Head, thorax, and abdomen black, clothed with white hairs. Fore wing hyaline, the basal area smoky black; veins and margins narrowly black. Hind wing with the basal two-thirds smoky black; marginal area hyaline; the veins and margins narrowly black. Size 18–28mm. [3]

Ecology

Recorded feeding on tea in Sikkim and apple leaves in Shillong. [4]

Distribution

It is found in India. [1] [2] [3] [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Acanthopsyche bipars Walker, 1865". GBIF. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
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  4. Entomological Meeting (Pusa, India) (1917). Report of the proceedings of the Entomological Meeting. Vol. 1. Superintendent government printing, India.
  5. "XV. Lepidoptera Heterocera from Northern China, Japan, and Corea. By John Henry Leech, B.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 46. The Society: 261--379. 1898. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1898.tb02377.x.