Cryptothelea gloverii explained

Cryptothelea gloverii is a species of bagworm moth. Its native range includes North[1] and Central America.

It favors orange trees, and also eat the camphor scale (Pseudaonidia duplex), a scale insect.[2]

References

  1. Web site: Glover's Bagworm Moth (Cryptothelea gloverii). 2021-03-04. iNaturalist. en.
  2. Villanueva, R. T., Rodrigues, J. C., & Childers, C. C. (2005). Larval Cryptothelea gloverii (Lepidoptera: Psycidae), an arthropod predator and herbivore on Florida citrus. Experimental & applied acarology, 36(1-2), 83-92.