{"id":29988,"date":"2017-04-07T13:19:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T13:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/lepidoptera\/psychidae\/apterona\/apterona-helicoidella\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:34:09","slug":"apterona-helicoidella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/parasites\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/lepidoptera\/ditrysia\/tineoidea\/psychidae\/oiketicinae\/apteronini\/apterona\/apterona-helicoidella\/","title":{"rendered":"Apterona helicoidella"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apterona helicoidella<\/em> (Vallot, 1827)<\/h1>\n

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Rumex<\/em>, Belgium, Angleur, bank of the Ourthe \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e<\/p>\n

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\n\"Apterona
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hibernating, Belgium, Angleur (17.i.2010); \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e<\/p>\n

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Helianthemum nummularium<\/em>, Belgium, prov. Li\u00e8ge, Comblain-au-Pont, Les Roches Noires; \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e<\/p>\n

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\n\"Apterona
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same mines, underside; the identification is with some reservation, because no cases have been observed<\/p>\n

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case<\/h3>\n

Case helicoid, about 3 mm in diameter, covered with fine sand grains. From this case fleck mines are eaten in a leaf underside. Contrary to Coleophora<\/em> species, the case is not anchored to the leaf with spinning. This makes that the cases may drop to the ground upon the slightest touch. Abandoned mines can be recognised because the hole that gave the larva entrance to the mine is not neatly circular and obviously misses the fringe of silken stubbles around the margin.<\/p>\n

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host plants<\/h3>\n

Strongly polyphagous, mainly on herbs<\/p>\n

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Achillea<\/a> ligustica, millofolium; Aegilops<\/a> geniculata, neglecta; Althaea<\/a> hirsuta; Alyssum<\/a> alyssoides; Anthyllis<\/a> vulneraria; Artemisia<\/a> vulgaris; Astragalus<\/a> spruneri; Atriplex<\/a>; Aurinia<\/a> sinuata; Berteroa<\/a> incana; Betula<\/a> pendula; Carduus<\/a> acanthoides; Centaurea<\/a> melitensis; Cerastium<\/a>; Chrysanthemum<\/a>; Cirsium<\/a> creticum; Cistus<\/a> salviifolius; Clinopodium<\/a> acinos, vulgare; Coronilla<\/a> vaginalis; Cynoglossum<\/a> officinale; Dorycnium<\/a>; Echium<\/a> vulgare; Erodium<\/a>; Erysimum<\/a>; Euphorbia<\/a>; Galium<\/a>; Geranium<\/a> pyrenaicum, rotundifolium; Hedysarum<\/a> coronarium; Helianthemum<\/a> nummularium subsp. grandiflorum; Hymenocarpos<\/a> circinnatus; Inula<\/a> oculus-christi; Lavandula<\/a> stoechas; Linaria<\/a> vulgaris; Linum<\/a> usitatissimum; Lotus<\/a> ornithopodioides, tetragonolobus; Malva<\/a> neglecta, sylvestris; Medicago<\/a> polymorpha; Melilotus<\/a> officinalis; Nepeta<\/a> cataria; Ononis<\/a> natrix; Ornithopus<\/a> compressus; Oxytropis<\/a>; Polygonum<\/a> aviculare; Polypodium<\/a>; Potentilla<\/a> argentea; Prunella<\/a>; Reseda<\/a> phyteuma; Salvia<\/a> pratensis; Sanguisorba<\/a> minor & subsp. balearica; Satureja<\/a>; Scabiosa<\/a> columbaria; Scorpiurus<\/a> muricatus; Securigera<\/a> securidacea; Sisymbrium<\/a> loeselii; Tanacetum<\/a>; Teucrium<\/a> chamaedrys, massiliense; Thlaspi<\/a>; Trifolium<\/a> stellatum; Tripodion<\/a> tetraphyllum; Tuberaria<\/a> guttata; Verbascum<\/a>; Viola<\/a> jordanii, reichenbachiana, tricolor.<\/p>\n


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Preference for the leaves closest to the ground.<\/p>\n

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phenology<\/h3>\n

Larvae from autumn till in June (Hering, 1957a).<\/p>\n

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BENELUX<\/h3>\n

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).<\/p>\n

NE found rather recently in the province of Limburg (Alders & Gielis, 1999a).<\/p>\n

LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).<\/p>\n

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distribution within Europe<\/h3>\n

Entire Europe, excluding the British Isles (Fauna Europaea, 2009).<\/p>\n

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pupa<\/h3>\n

Described by Pato\u010dka & Tur\u010d\u00e1ni (2005a).<\/p>\n

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synonyms<\/h3>\n

Apterona helix<\/em> Siebold, 1850; A. crenulella f. parth. helix<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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notes<\/h3>\n

Within this species parthenogenetic and sexual populations occur. The latter are distinguished as forma crenulella<\/em> (Bruand, 1853). The Fauna Europaea considers crenulella<\/em> as a separate species that occurs only in southern Europe (sympatrically with helicoidella<\/em> sensu stricto).<\/p>\n

Not long ago the species has been accidentally introduced in the United States, and now forms a serious pest in a number of crops, mainly in the western states (Davis, 1987a); this North-American population is fully parthenogenetic.<\/p>\n

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references<\/h3>\n

Aguiar & Karsholt (2006a), Alders & Gielis (1999a), Amsel & Hering (1933a), Askew, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2001a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson (2008a), Buhl, Falck, Karsholt, ao (2018a), Chr\u00e9tien (1927a), Davis (1987a), Davis & Hermann (1994a), Hauser (2014a), Hering (1921a, 1924a, 1932g, 1936b, 1957a, 1967a), Hermann (1994a), Klimesch & Skala (1936a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Ma\u010dek (1999a), Michalska (1970a), Pato\u010dka & Tur\u010d\u00e1ni (2005a), Pinzari, Pinzari & Zilli (2010a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Segerer, Lichtmannecker, Haslberger & Gr\u00fcnewald (2013b), Skala (1948a), Skala & Zav\u0159el (1945a), Sz\u0151cs (1977a), Stolnicu (2007a), Ureche (2010a), Volkova, Prozorov, Kryuchkov, ao (2022a), Weidlich (2015a), Zoerner (1970b).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apterona helicoidella (Vallot, 1827) Rumex, Belgium, Angleur, bank of the Ourthe \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e hibernating, Belgium, Angleur (17.i.2010); \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e Helianthemum nummularium, Belgium, prov. Li\u00e8ge, Comblain-au-Pont, Les Roches Noires; \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e same mines, underside; the identification is with some reservation, because no cases have been observed case Case helicoid, about 3 mm in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":29985,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"parasite-species.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29988","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-parasite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29988"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":993207,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29988\/revisions\/993207"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}