Thyridopteryx meadii
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| Thyridopteryx meadii | |
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| Creosote bush bagworm (Thyridopteryx meadii) bag in St. George, Utah | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Psychidae |
| Genus: | Thyridopteryx |
| Species: | T. meadii |
| Binomial name | |
| Thyridopteryx meadii Edwards, 1881 | |
Thyridopteryx meadii is a species[1] of North American bagworm moth that specializes in the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata).[2]
The creosote bagworm construct bags 30-40 mm long from creosote leaf or twig fragments, or a mixture of the two.[2] They spend the majority of their lives inside the bag, except for the male which emerges from the bag after pupation as a moth with scaleless, semi-transparent white wings and a long, black, furry-looking body.[2] Like other bagworms, the female retains a larval appearance after pupation, and stays inside her bag while adult males fly around seeking their scent.[2]
Range
It ranges throughout the Mojave Desert, wherever the creosote bush is found and has been recorded in California,[2] Texas,[2][3] Arizona,[2] and Utah.