Metzneria aestivella

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, [1908];

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.^[2] Adults are similar to Metzneria lappella and Metzneria metzneriella .^[3] 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.^[4]

Subspecies

^ Fauna Europaea
^ 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
^ UKmoths
^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

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