Psychoides
{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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| taxon = Psychoides
| authority = Bruand, 1853
| synonyms = * Teichobia Herrich-Schäffer {{cite web |title=Psychoides Bruand, 1853 |url=https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0000522782#names |website=NBN Atlas |accessdate=25 October 2019}}
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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.{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=24973.0 |title=Psychoides Bruand, 1853 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=25 October 2019}}
Ecology
The moths fly during the day and resemble the Incurvariidae, in which family P. filicivora was first described.{{harvnb|Pelham-Clinton|1985|p=159}} 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.{{harvnb|Pelham-Clinton|1985|p=153}}
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.{{cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Seok |last2=Bae |first2=Yang-Seop |title=A New Species of Psychoides Bruand (Lepidoptera, Tineidae, Teichobiinae) from Korea, with Some Biological Information |journal=Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology |date=2007 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=21–26 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248600373_A_New_Species_of_Psychoides_Bruand_Lepidoptera_Tineidae_Teichobiinae_from_Korea_with_Some_Biological_Information}}{{cite web |title=Psychoides |url=https://eol.org/pages/105828/names |website=Encyclopedia of Life |accessdate=25 October 2019}}
- Psychoides filicivora (Meyrick, 1937)
- Psychoides gosari Kim & Bae, 2007
- Psychoides phaedrospora Meyrick, 1935)
- Psychoides verhuella Bruand, 1853
Gallery
File:Psychoides_verhuella-filicivora_larvae_(16664499575).jpg|Larvae of Psychoides verhuella and Psychoides filicivora
File:Psychoides filicivora feeding signs on hart's-tongue fern.jpg|Psychoides filicivora feeding signs on hart's-tongue fern
File:Psychoides verhuella, North Wales, 2003 (20335735904).jpg|Psychoides verhuella feeding signs
File:12.047 BF199 Psychoides verhuella, larval cases. (5482394997).jpg|Psychoides verhuella larval cases
File:12.048 BF200 Psychoides filicivora. (2524357684).jpg|Psychoides filicivora
File:12.047 BF199 Psychoides verhuella (17018826817).jpg|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.{{cite book |last1=Emmet |first1=A Maitland |author1-link=A. Maitland Emmet |title=The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their history and meaning |date=1991 |publisher=Harley Books |location=Colchester |isbn=0-946589-35-6 |page=56}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Pelham-Clinton |first1=E. C. |authorlink1=Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle |editor1-last=Heath |editor1-first=John |editor1-link=John Heath (entomologist) |chapter=Tiniedae |title=The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland |volume=2 |date=1985 |publisher=Harley Books |location=Colchester |isbn=0-946589-19-4 |pages=152–208}}
External links
- {{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=28 December 2018 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/tineoidea/tineidae/teichobiinae/psychoides/ |title=Psychoides Bruand, 1853 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=28 October 2019}}
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