Gelechiidae : Anomologinae
Metzneria metzneriella
METZNERIA metzneriella (Stainton, 1851)
Metzneria metzneriella
METZNERIA metzneriella (Stainton, 1851)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Meadow Neb
Wingspan: 14-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira, Malta, Sardinia & Slovenia) - eastwards to Asia Minor : S Siberia & China
UK Distribution: England,Wales - fairly common : northern England,north Wales & central lowland Scotland - locally common : south-west England,southern Scotland,northern Ireland & Ireland - local to very local : Northern Scotland,central highlands,Isle of Man,Channel Isles - not recorded
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Grassland : Roadside Verges : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates withing the seedhead
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Forewing light brown with reddish brown shading, with venation highlighted in greyish and whitish and black dots at one third along the forewing,one half and two thirds.The black dots are inconsistent and can be missing altogether.
The similar species M.lappella is lighter especially in the apical and terminal areas and is much larger than M metzneriella.
Clearly worn individuals of this genera would have to be identified through genitalia examination.
The moth flies at night and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 14-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira, Malta, Sardinia & Slovenia) - eastwards to Asia Minor : S Siberia & China
UK Distribution: England,Wales - fairly common : northern England,north Wales & central lowland Scotland - locally common : south-west England,southern Scotland,northern Ireland & Ireland - local to very local : Northern Scotland,central highlands,Isle of Man,Channel Isles - not recorded
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Gelechia metzneriella (Stainton, 1851)
- Gelechia paucipunctella Zeller, 1839
- Not Specified
Habitat: Grassland : Roadside Verges : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
- Metzneria lappella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pupa: Pupates withing the seedhead
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Forewing light brown with reddish brown shading, with venation highlighted in greyish and whitish and black dots at one third along the forewing,one half and two thirds.The black dots are inconsistent and can be missing altogether.
The similar species M.lappella is lighter especially in the apical and terminal areas and is much larger than M metzneriella.
Clearly worn individuals of this genera would have to be identified through genitalia examination.
The moth flies at night and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Centaurea jacea - Brown Knapweed
- Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed
- Centaurea phrygia - Wig Knapweed
- Centaura scabiosa - Greater Knapweed
- Sarratula tinctoria - Saw-Wort
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - METZNERIA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Anomologinae METZNERIA Zeller 1839 Metzneria metzneriella (Stainton, 1851) - Gelechia paucipunctella Zeller, 1839 - GELECHIA metzneriella (Stainton, 1851) = Parasia falcatella Bruand, 1859 = Cleodora ochroleucella Stephens, 1834 - H.T.Stainton, 1851 - A supplementary catalogue of the British Tineidae & Pterophoridae Suppl. Cat. Br. Tineidae and Pterophoridae. : 1-28 - Not Specified |