Metzneria neuropterella

Metzneria neuropterella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Metzneria
Species: M. neuropterella
Binomial name
Metzneria neuropterella
(Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia neuropterella Zeller, 1839
  • Metzneria neuropterella ab. gigantella Krulikovsky, 1908
  • Metzneria ouedella Caradja, 1920

Metzneria neuropterella, the brown-veined neb, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. 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.

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
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