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LEPIDOPTERA 471
carry these cases by extending the head and thorax through the open basal
end. They feed upon flowers, foliage, and bark. The moths are confined to
forested areas. Pupation occurs in the attached and closed cases in which the
females may remain until fertilized and in which they lay their eggs.
The family is a comparatively large one and, while extremely interesting
and specialized, is not particularly important economically. Members occur
throughout the tropics and temperate regions. Parthenogenesis is believed
1.0 occur in certain species where males have not been found. The important
genera are Acanthopsyche Heylaerts (Ethiopian): the wattle bagworm. A. junodi
Helyaerts on black acacia, South Africa, constructs a spindle-shaped bag
47-53 mm. long and 17-18 mm. in diameter. The apterous females remain in
the bags and lay as many as 3,000 eggs each; Amieta Helyaerts (Australasia);
Eurukuttarus Hampson (Eurycytlarus) (Nearctic); Flltnea Stephens (Palrearctic);
Oiheticus Guilding (Nearctic, NeotropicaI, Ethiopi,m); Oreopsyche Spuler;
Psyche Schrank; Rebelia Helyaerts and Scioplera Rambur (Pal