Acanthopsyche

Acanthopsyche is a genus of moths in the Psychidae family. The genus was named by the Dutch entomologist Franciscus J.M. Heylaerts.

Acanthopsyche
Acanthopsyche atra male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Psychidae
Genus:	Acanthopsyche Heylaerts, 1881
Synonyms
Hemilipia Hampson, 1897

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.^[1]

Species

• Acanthopsyche alstoni (Watt & Mann, 1903)
• Acanthopsyche atra (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Acanthopsyche bipars^[2] (Walker, 1865)
• Acanthopsyche calamochroa (Hampson, 1910)
• Acanthopsyche cana (Hampson, 1892)
• Acanthopsyche canarensis (Hampson, 1905)
• Acanthopsyche carayoni (Bourgogne, 1986)
• Acanthopsyche carbonaria (Karsch, 1900)
• Acanthopsyche chrysora (Bourgogne, 1980)
• Acanthopsyche ebneri (Rebel, 1917)
• Acanthopsyche ecksteini (Lederer, 1855)
• Acanthopsyche elwesi (Heylaerts, 1890)
• Acanthopsyche emiliae (Heylaerts, 1890)
• Acanthopsyche entwistlei (Bourgogne, 1962)
• Acanthopsyche ernsti (Bourgogne, 1980)
• Acanthopysche larimanti (Heylaerts, 1904)
• 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 punctimarginalis (Hampson, 1897)
• Acanthopsyche roomei (Bourgogne, 1984)
• Acanthopsyche siederi (Szőcs, 1961)
• Acanthopsyche sierricola (White, 1858)
• Acanthopsyche tristis (Janse, 1917)
• Acanthopsyche tristoides (Bourgogne, 1965)
• Acanthopsyche nigraplaga (Wileman, 1911)
• Acanthopsyche zelleri (Mann, 1856)
• Acanthopsyche zernyi (Bourgogne, 1964)