Evergreen Bagworm Moth Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Haworth, 1803    Synonyms: Hodges #0457.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Psychidae   >   Genus Thyridopteryx   

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Larval cases are most common on Eastern Red Cedar and other evergreens but may also found on deciduous plants like Sassafras, American Basswood, Black Huckleberry and New York Ironweed (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

Parasitized by the Ichneumonid wasp Itoplectis conquisitor.

There are 325 records in the project database.

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An Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/6/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

An Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/13/2019). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (2/18/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A newly emerged Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/21/2016). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (6/14/2020). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (2/23/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

An Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/26/2019). Photo by Bonnie Bell. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/5/2020). (c) happyantelope, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by happyantelope via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

An Evergreen Bagworm Moth collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/14/2002). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A male Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/8/2004). Photo by Bob Patterson. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (1/18/2021). (c) johnbotany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by John Hall. (MBP list)

An Evergreen Bagworm Moth caterpillar in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/26/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/15/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (3/23/2021). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tom Feild. (MBP list)

An Evergreen Bagworm Moth caterpillar in Harford Co., Maryland (7/28/2018). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A female Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/3/2014). Photo by Bill Adams. (MBP list)

An Evergreen Bagworm Moth larva in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/1/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (3/14/2014). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

An Evergreen Bagworm Moth found by students at Jemicy School in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/2/2014). Photo by Emily Stanley. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (2/12/2017). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Evergreen Bagworm Moth cocoon in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/15/2016). Photo by Barbara Speckart. (MBP list)

An Evergreen Bagworm Moth caterpillar in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/28/2018). Photo by Bonnie Bell. (MBP list)

An Evergreen Bagworm Moth chrysalis in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/19/2012). Photo by Brandon Woo. (MBP list)


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