Psychoides

Psychoides is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The type species is Psychoides verhuella first described by, the French entomologist, Charles Bruand in 1853. Bruand also erected the genus.^[2]

Psychoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Psychoides Bruand, 1853
Synonyms
Teichobia Herrich-Schäffer [1]

Ecology

The moths fly during the day and resemble the Incurvariidae, in which family P. filicivora was first described.^[3] They have a flat body and wings are held in a tent-like position. The Psychoides are unusual amongst the Tineidae with the larvae feeding on green plants, i.e. ferns instead of fungi, lichen or dry animal or plant debris.^[4]

Species

Psychoides are distributed in the Oriental and Palaearctic regions. Only four species are known, with P. gosari being added to the list in 2007 following the discovery of pupae in Korea from 2004 to 2006.^[5][6]

• Psychoides filicivora (Meyrick, 1937)
• Psychoides gosari Kim & Bae, 2007
• Psychoides phaedrospora Meyrick, 1935)
• Psychoides verhuella Bruand, 1853

Gallery

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  Larvae of Psychoides verhuella and Psychoides filicivora
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  Psychoides filicivora feeding signs on hart's-tongue fern
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  Psychoides verhuella feeding signs
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  Psychoides verhuella larval cases
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  Psychoides filicivora
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  Psychoides verhuella

Etymology

Psychoides was raised by Charles Braund in 1853 and comes from psukhē – of the soul, i.e. a moth of the family Psychidae and eidos – form, that is from the similarity of this species to moths of the Psychidae.^[7]

References

1. "Psychoides Bruand, 1853". NBN Atlas. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Psychoides Bruand, 1853". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
3. Pelham-Clinton 1985, p. 159
4. Pelham-Clinton 1985, p. 153
5. Kim, Seok; Bae, Yang-Seop (2007). "A New Species of Psychoides Bruand (Lepidoptera, Tineidae, Teichobiinae) from Korea, with Some Biological Information". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 10 (1): 21–26.
6. "Psychoides". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
7. Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their history and meaning. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 56. ISBN 0-946589-35-6.

Bibliography

• Pelham-Clinton, E. C. (1985). "Tiniedae". In Heath, John (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 2. Colchester: Harley Books. pp. 152–208. ISBN 0-946589-19-4.

External links

• Savela, Markku (28 December 2018). "Psychoides Bruand, 1853". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 October 2019.