Metura elongatus

Metura elongatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Metura
Species:
M. elongatus
Binomial name
Metura elongatus
(Saunders, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oiketicus elongatus Saunders, 1847
  • Oiketicus saundersii Westwood, 1855
  • Phragmatoecia capucina Wallengren, 1860
  • Oiketicus saundersi Dalla Torre & Strand, 1929

Saunders' case moth or the large bagworm (Metura elongatus) is a moth of the Psychidae family. It is known from the eastern half of Australia, including Tasmania.[2]

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  1. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory[link removed]
  2. ↑ "Metura elongatus (Saunders, 1847)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2019.


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