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Metzneria campicolella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Metzneria

Metzneria campicolella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Mann in 1857. It is found in Asia Minor, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, the Dodecanese Islands, Crete and Cyprus.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are white with fine brown atoms and black spots forming a triangle in the middle. The hindwings are grey.

References

Metzneria campicolella Wikipedia