Apterona helicoidella
(Redirected from Snailcase bagworm)
| Snailcase bagworm | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Psychidae |
| Genus: | Apterona |
| Species: | A. helicoidella |
| Binomial name | |
| Apterona helicoidella (Vallot, 1827) | |
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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.[citation needed] It is also found in the Balkan and Turkey.[citation needed] It was introduced in the United States 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
[edit]- ↑ "Apterona helicoidella (Vallot, 1827)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ Jacobs, Steven B. (September 2003) [Originally published May 2001]. "Entomological Notes: Snailcase bagworm (also known as "garden bagworm")" (PDF). Pennsylvania State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
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