Metzneria neuropterella information

Metzneria neuropterella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Metzneria
Species:	M. neuropterella
Binomial name
	Metzneria neuropterella; (Zeller, 1839)
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 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] Larvae can be found from late August onwards and pupation takes place in June.

^ Fauna Europaea
^ 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
^ Gelechiid Recording Scheme
^ Hants Moths
^ UKmoths

[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

Metzneria neuropterella information

and 25 Related for: Metzneria neuropterella information

Metzneria neuropterella

Metzneria

List of Lepidoptera of North Macedonia

List of Lepidoptera of Norway

List of Lepidoptera of Greece

List of Lepidoptera of Germany

List of Lepidoptera of Romania

List of Lepidoptera of Bulgaria

List of Lepidoptera of Croatia

List of Lepidoptera of Ukraine

List of moths of Finland

List of moths of Sweden

List of Lepidoptera of Belgium

List of Lepidoptera of Poland

List of Lepidoptera of Latvia

List of Lepidoptera of the Czech Republic

List of Lepidoptera of Denmark

List of Lepidoptera of Albania

List of Lepidoptera of Luxembourg

List of Lepidoptera of Slovakia

List of Lepidoptera of Lithuania

List of moths of Estonia

List of Lepidoptera of Switzerland

List of Lepidoptera of Belarus

List of Lepidoptera of Hungary