![Common bag moth / Te pūrēhua pēke e kitea nuitia ana [Liothula omnivora] (male)](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Liothula-omnivora_m__FitMaxWzg3Miw1NDVd.jpg)
Common bag moth / Te pūrēhua pēke e kitea nuitia ana Liothula omnivora (male)
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Psychidae
Size range
- Bag 60 mm long, adult wingspan 30 mm
Distribution
- New Zealand native
Life history
- Caterpillar forms in a tough cylindrical bag and attaches to plants
- Often seen in gardens and shrubland
- Eats leaves. Can be damaging if in large numbers
- Adult female is flightless, grublike and lives within bag. Male is fully winged
![Common bag moth / Te pūrēhua pēke e kitea nuitia ana [Liothula omnivora] (male) Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Liothula-omnivora_m__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![Caterpillar (in its bag) of the common bagmoth [Liothula omnivora] Image: StellaMcQ / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/753px-Bagworm_Liothula_omnivora__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![Common bag moth [Liothula omnivora] pupa Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Liothula-omnivora_pupa__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)