Apterona nylanderi (Wehrli, 1927)
Lepidoptera, Psychidae
case
Larva in a helicoidal case, that is higher than wide. The larva makes a number of fleck mines. The opening is not precisely round, and lacks the fringe of stubbles of cut silk threads; this is because the larva does not secure the case to the leaf while eating.
hostplants
Cistaceae, monophagous
phenology
Larvae from March on.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Spanish and French Pyrenees (Hering, 1957a).
references
Hering (1936b, 1957a).
11.ii.2009