Luffia lapidella (Goeze, 1783)
(Grey Smoke)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLuffia lapidella (Grey Smoke)
TribePsychini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyPSYCHINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyPSYCHIDAE (bagworm moths)
SuperfamilyTINEOIDEA (bagworm and tineid micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Luffia lapidella (Grey Smoke) :
1: Luffia lapidella (Grey Smoke)
27 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ50 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on lichen-covered oak trunk at edge of field
Image 1: Case - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Case - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Case - larva protruding - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Case - larva protruding - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 5: Case - larva protruding - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 6: Case - larva slightly protruding - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 7: Case - larva slightly protruding - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Case - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Case - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)
2: Luffia lapidella (Grey Smoke)
4 May 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Larval case on Chestnut trunk
Image 1: Old larval case - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Old larval case - lateral view - close-up - enlarged
3: Luffia lapidella (Grey Smoke)
28 Apr 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
case, 2m up Horse Chestnut trunk . Photos: Larval case
Image 1: Case - dorsal - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Case - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 3: Case - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 4: Case - latero-dorsal - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Case with larva - highly enlargedImage 6: Case with larva - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Case with larva - highly enlarged (3)Image 8: Case with larva - highly enlarged (4)

Luffia lapidella (Grey Smoke) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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