Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Metzneria | |
Metzneria littorella, the Isle of Wight neb, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Douglas in 1850. It is found in Great Britain, Spain, France, Italy, on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Cyprus and in Russia.
The wingspan is 9-14 mm. The forewings are ash-white with five fuscous spots, two of these are pale and found before the middle, two are placed centrally and one beyond the middle. The hindwings are pale grey. Adults are on wing from May to June.
The larvae feed in the seedheads of Plantago coronopus. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
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