Fangalabola

Fangalabola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Deborrea
Species:
D. malgassa
Binomial name
Deborrea malgassa
Heylaerts, 1884[1]
Synonyms

Debarrea malagassa

  • Eriopteryx funebris (Kenrick, 1914)
  • Deborrea argentacea Oberthür, 1909
  • Psyche joannisii Mabille, 1888

Fangalabola (Deborrea malgassa) is a species of bagworm moth native to Madagascar.[2]

These bagworms are of significance because their pupae are harvested for human consumption in quantity.

  1. ^ Heylaerts, J. F. M. 1884a. Observations synonymiques et autres relatives à des Psychides, avec descriptions de novae species. - Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 28:34–41
  2. ^ "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2022-08-02.