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Metzneria littorella

Synonyms: Gelechia littorella (homotypic); Gelechia quinquepunctella; Metzneria quinquepunctella; Ptocheusa littorella; Ptocheuusa littorella

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Prey / Diet

Plantago coronopus (buckhorn plantain)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0