Metzneria neuropterella

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Metzneria neuropterella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Metzneria
Species:
M. neuropterella
Binomial name
Metzneria neuropterella
(Zeller, 1839) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia neuropterellaZeller, 1839
  • Metzneria neuropterella ab. gigantellaKrulikovsky, 1908
  • Metzneria ouedellaCaradja, 1920

Metzneria neuropterella, the brown-veined neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe to the southern Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, southern and south-eastern Siberia and Mongolia, as well as in North Africa. [2] The habitat consist of short-turfed, herb rich chalk downland. [3]

The wingspan is 14–24 mm. [4] Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed in the seedheads of Cirsium acaule and Centaurea nigra . [5] The species overwinters in the larval stage within a silken chamber inside the seed-head. Larvae can be found from late August onwards and pupation takes place in June.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Junnilainen, J.et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. Gelechiid Recording Scheme
  4. Hants Moths
  5. UKmoths