Biology:Apterona helicoidella

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Short description: Species of moth

Snailcase bagworm
Case
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Apterona
Species:
A. helicoidella
Binomial name
Apterona helicoidella
(Vallot, 1827)
Synonyms[1]
  • Apterona helix (Siebold, 1850)
  • Cochliotheca helicinella Rambur, 1866
  • Apterona crenulella (Bruand, 1853)

Apterona helicoidella (snailcase bagworm) is a moth of the Psychidae family. It is widely distributed in Europe, from Portugal through most of central Europe and the Alps up to the Ural. It is also found in the Balkan and Turkey.{{citation needed|date=March 2026} tates by accident during the 1940s. It is now found throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, and has been reported on the U.S. West Coast, in Michigan, and in the western states.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1765873 entry