{"id":30193,"date":"2015-06-14T09:05:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T09:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/lepidoptera\/tortricidae\/epiblema\/epiblema-foenella\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:05:56","slug":"epiblema-foenella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/parasites\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/lepidoptera\/ditrysia\/apoditrysia\/tortricoidea\/tortricidae\/olethreutinae\/eucosmini\/epiblema\/epiblema-foenella\/","title":{"rendered":"Epiblema foenella"},"content":{"rendered":"

Epiblema foenella<\/em> (Linnaeus, 1758)<\/h1>\n

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white-foot bell<\/h2>\n

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on Artemisia<\/em>, etc.<\/h2>\n

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\"Epiblema
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Artemisia vulgaris<\/em>, Norway, Naeroset, Ringsake, 27.x.2025 \u00a9 Ben van As: dead stem ringwise gnawn by the larva and broken off; pupation in the lower, frass-filled remnant of the stem.<\/p>\n

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\"Epiblema
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Artemisia vulgaris<\/em>, Balloo\u00ebrveld, 21.1.2026 \u00a9 Ben van As<\/p>\n

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\"Epiblema
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detail<\/p>\n

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gall<\/h3>\n

the larvae tunnel in the belowground parts of the plant, from there penetrating the main stem and lower branches. The larva, white with a brown head, hibernates in its tunnel and pupates there in spring. Sometimes its activities induce a general swelling of the root crown.<\/p>\n

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host plants<\/h3>\n

Asteraceae, oligophagous<\/p>\n

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Artemisia<\/a> abrotanum, absinthium, verlotiorum, vulgaris; Cota<\/a> tinctoria.<\/p>\n

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phenology<\/h3>\n

Univoltine; hibernation as larva.<\/p>\n

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distribution within Europe<\/a><\/h3>\n

(PESI, 2019)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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larva<\/h3>\n

Pictures on Lepiforum; see also Schmid, Swatschek.<\/p>\n


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pupa<\/h3>\n

See Pato\u010dka & Tur\u010d\u00e1ni.<\/p>\n


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synonyms<\/h3>\n

Epiblema scopoliana<\/em> (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775).<\/p>\n

references<\/h3>\n

Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1979a), Buhr (1964a), Corley, Nunes & Rosete (2021a), Dauphin & Anotsbehere (1997a), Disqu\u00e9 (1905a), Doremi (2017a), Dvo\u0159\u00e1k (2017a), Hancock & Bland (2015b), Lepiforum (2019)<\/a>, Pato\u010dka & Tur\u010d\u00e1ni (2005a), Requena i Miret (1998a), R\u00f6sch & Schmitz (2014a), Schleich (1868a), Schmid (2019a), Sch\u00fctze (1931a), Swatschek (1958a), Sz\u0151cs (1977a), Thomann (1956a), Tomasi (2014a), Wimmer (1991a).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Epiblema foenella (Linnaeus, 1758) white-foot bell on Artemisia, etc. Artemisia vulgaris, Norway, Naeroset, Ringsake, 27.x.2025 \u00a9 Ben van As: dead stem ringwise gnawn by the larva and broken off; pupation in the lower, frass-filled remnant of the stem. Artemisia vulgaris, Balloo\u00ebrveld, 21.1.2026 \u00a9 Ben van As detail gall the larvae tunnel in the belowground parts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":30192,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"parasite-species.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-parasite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30193","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=30193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992633,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30193\/revisions\/992633"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}