Apterona gracilis (Ad. Speyer, 1886)

Lepidoptera, Psychidae

mine

Fleck mine; hole not precisely round, margin without a fringe of stubbles of bitten silk. (Contary to Coleophora species, Apterona‘s do not secure their case by fixing it with silk during feeding episodes.) Larva in a helicoidal case; convolutions very shallow.

hostplants

polyphagous

Arctium lappa; Cistus salvifolius; Erodium; Helianthemum; Medicago sativa; Moricandia arvensis; Rosa; Ulmus minor.

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Spain (Fauna Europaea, 2009); recorded by Maček (1999a) from Slovenia, but that seems improbable.

references

Hering (1936b, 1957a), Maček (1999a), Skala (1948a).

29/02/2012