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Metzneria aestivella
Metzneria aestivella dichroa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Metzneria
Species:	M. aestivella
Binomial name
Metzneria aestivella (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
Gelechia aestivella Zeller, 1839 Gelechia carlinella Stainton, 1851 Metzneria carlinella Gelechia selaginella Mann, 1855 Parasia torridella Mann, 1859 Metzneria dichroa Walsingham,

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. Adults are similar to Metzneria lappella and Metzneria metzneriella .

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.

Subspecies

• Metzneria aestivella aestivella
• Metzneria aestivella dichroa Walsingham, 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. . 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland 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

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