Acanthopsyche is a genus of moths in the Psychidae family. The genus was named by the Dutch entomologist Franciscus J.M. Heylaerts.
The males are relatively large, with a wingspan of 15–28 mm. The females are apterous (i.e. wingless) and have rudimentary antennae and legs. The eyes are reduced to black spots. The larvae live in a case which is covered longitudinally with plant matter.
Species
Acanthopsyche atra (Linnaeus, 1767) Acanthopsyche calamochroa (Hampson, 1910) Acanthopsyche carayoni Bourgogne, 1986 Acanthopsyche carbonaria Karsch, 1900 Acanthopsyche chrysora Bourgogne, 1980 Acanthopsyche ebneri (Rebel, 1917) Acanthopsyche ecksteini (Lederer, 1855) Acanthopsyche emiliae (Heylaerts, 1890) Acanthopsyche entwistlei Bourgogne, 1962 Acanthopsyche ernsti Bourgogne, 1980 Acanthopsyche melanoleuca Bourgogne, 1965 Acanthopsyche mixta Bourgogne, 1962 Acanthopsyche modesta Bourgogne, 1978 Acanthopsyche multicaulis Bourgogne, 1985 Acanthopsyche ogiva Bourgogne, 1984 Acanthopsyche pauliani Bourgogne, 1984 Acanthopsyche phaea Bourgogne, 1979 Acanthopsyche roomei Bourgogne, 1984 Acanthopsyche siederi Szőcs, 1961 Acanthopsyche sierricola (White, 1858) Acanthopsyche tristis Janse, 1917 Acanthopsyche tristoides Bourgogne, 1965 Acanthopsyche zelleri (Mann, 1856) Acanthopsyche zernyi (Bourgogne, 1964)
References
, 1972: Revision einiger afrikanischer Psychidae-Gattungen (Lepidoptera) mit einem provisorischen verzeichnis der bekannten afrikanischen Makropsychiden. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 61: 16-63. , 2011: Die Psychidae (Lepidoptera) des Bismarck-Archipels gesammelt auf der Noona Dan Expedition 1961/62 aus dem Museum Kopenhagen mit einer Checklist der Psychidae Papua Neuguineas. Entomologische Zeitschrift 121 (6): 243-253. , 2011: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 10 Psychidae (Lepidoptera): 1-467. , 2004: New species of the Bagworm genus Acanthopsyche Heylaerts (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) from Saratov Area. Bulletin of Moscow Society of Naturalists, Biological Series 190 (4): 58-59. , 2010: An illustrated catalogue of primary type specimens of the Lepidoptera in collection of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University described in the second half of XXth century. Eversmannia 21/22: 6-27.