Metzneria aestivella

Metzneria aestivella
Metzneria aestivella dichroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Metzneria
Species:	M. aestivella
Binomial name
Metzneria aestivella (Zeller, 1839) [1]
Synonyms
Gelechia aestivellaZeller, 1839 Gelechia carlinellaStainton, 1851 Metzneria carlinella Gelechia selaginellaMann, 1855 Parasia torridellaMann, 1859 Metzneria dichroaWalsingham, [1908]

Metzneria aestivella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Iceland, Norway, Lithuania, Slovakia and Ukraine. The habitat consists of dry, sunny areas with low-growing herbaceous plants.

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. ^[2] Adults are similar to Metzneria lappella and Metzneria metzneriella . ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Adults are on wing from June to July.

Larvae can be found in winter and spring in old flowers of Carlina vulgaris , Pyrethrum corymbosum and Carlina acaulis . Full-grown larvae reach a length of 8–9 mm. ^[7]

Subspecies

• Metzneria aestivella aestivella
• Metzneria aestivella dichroaWalsingham, 1908 (Canary Islands)

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
3. UKmoths
4. Heath, J., ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
5. Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
6. lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
7. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine