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title: "Common Bagworm Moth"
description: "Psyche casta — Owady i pająki. Psyche casta is a nocturnal moth from the family Psychidae, the bagworm moths."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-bagworm-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Bagworm Moth

> Psyche casta — Owady i pająki. Psyche casta is a nocturnal moth from the family Psychidae, the bagworm moths.

- Scientific name: *Psyche casta*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 15685
- Wikidata: [Q898341](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898341)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61413](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61413)

## Names

- en: Common Bagworm Moth
- de: Kleiner Rauch-Sackträger
- fr: Psyché lustrée
- nl: Gewone zakdrager

## Countries with the most observations

US (4255), CA (1901), GB (439), DE (292), RU (201), NL (165), FR (138), AT (97), IT (71), CH (63), BE (39), ES (36)

## Summary

Psyche casta is a nocturnal moth from the family Psychidae, the bagworm moths. The wingspan of the males ranges from 12 to 15 millimeters. They have hairy, brown-metallic shiny wings. The grub-like females have legs but do not have wings and are yellowish or light brown, except for some dark brown back plates. 

The host plants are from the groups: Poaceae, birch, willow, poplar and Vaccinium. The caterpillars make a protective hull from grass.
The flight time ranges from May to July.
Originally from the Old World, they have been introduced in North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyche_casta

## Photo

![Common Bagworm Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-bagworm-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: observerofbeauty · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/376212890

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-bagworm-moth?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).