Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Anomologinae

• Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Aristotelia acrena Meyrick, 1908; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1908: 724; TL: Transvaal, Pietersburg

  • Metzneria acrena; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Metzneria aestivella (Zeller, 1839) Europe, Near East, C.Asia, European Russia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia aestivella Zeller, 1839; Isis [32] 1839 (3): 202
  • Gelechia carlinella Stainton, 1851; Suppl. Cat. Br. Tineidae and Pteroph.: 5
    • = ; [NHM card]; [FE]
  • Gelechia selaginella Mann, 1855; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5 (Abh.): 565; TL: "Pozzo di Borgo" [?]
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Parasia torridella Mann, 1859; Wien. Ent. Mon. 3 (6): 174; TL: Mt Gurcio
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria aestivella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Metzneria aestivella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Metzneria aestivella; [NHM card]; Bidzilya, 2000, Beitr. Ent. 50 (2): 387; [FE]

  Larva on Carlina vulgaris

  • M. a. aestivella

    • Metzneria aestivella aestivella; [FE]
  • M. a. dichroa Walsingham, [1908] Canary Is.

    • Metzneria dichroa Walsingham, [1908]; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907: 927, pl. 51, f. 4; TL: Tenerife, Villa Orotava

    • Metzneria dichroa; [NHM card]
    • Metzneria aestivella dichroa; [FE]
• Metzneria agraphella (Ragonot, 1895) Algeria, Libya, Asia Minor, Palestine. See [maps]

  • Parasia agraphella Ragonot, 1895; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1895: cvi
  • Metzneria incognita Walsingham, 1904; Ent. mon. Mag. 40: 220; TL: Algeria, El-Kantara; Hamamm-es-Salahin
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria agraphella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria agraphella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria albiramosella (Christoph, 1885) Transcaspia

  • Parasia albiramosella Christoph, 1885; in Romanoff, Mem. Lépid. 2: 159, pl. 8, f. 9a-b; TL: Askhabad

  • Metzneria albiramosella; [NHM card]
• Metzneria aprilella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

  • Parasia aprilella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 5 (65): 207, (64) f. 963
  • Metzneria igneella Tengström, 1859; Förhandl. Sällsk. Fauna Fenn.: 183
    • = ; [NHM card]; [RFEL]
  • Metzneria sanguinolentella Joannis, 1910; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1910: 295
    • = ; [NHM card]; [RFEL]

  • Metzneria aprilella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Metzneria aprilella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Metzneria aprilella; [NHM card]; [FE]

  Larva on Centaurea scabiosa, Centaurea solstilialis [RFEL]

• Metzneria artificella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861) S.France. See [maps]

  • Anacampsis artificella Herrich-Schäffer, 1861; Neue Schmett. (3): 31, f. 158
  • Parasia litigiosella Millière, 1879; Naturaliste 1 (18): 139
    • = ; [NHM card]; [FE]
  • Metzneria pannonicella Rebel, 1915; Rovart. Lapok 22: 186
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria artificella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria artificella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria asiatica Piskunov, 1979

  • asiatica Piskunov, 1979; Ent. Obozr. 58 (2): 369

  • Metzneria asiatica; [NHM card]
• Metzneria aspretella Lederer, 1869 Transcaspia, N.Iran, Palestine. See [maps]

  • aspretella Lederer, 1869; Horae Soc. ent. ross. 6 (2): 92, pl. 5, f. 13
  • Parasia obsoleta Christoph, 1888; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 22 (3-4): 313; TL: Schahkuh
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria aspretella; [NHM card]
• Metzneria brandbergi Janse, 1963 SW.Africa. See [maps]

  • Metzneria brandbergi Janse, 1963; Moths S.Afr. 6 (3): 254

  • Metzneria brandbergi; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Metzneria campicolella (Mann, 1857) Corsica, Dalmatia, Asia Minor. See [maps]

  • Gelechia campicolella Mann, 1857; Wien. Ent. Mon. 1 (6): 181

  • Metzneria campicolella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Aristotelia campicolella; [NHM card]
  • Metzneria campicolella; [FE]
• Metzneria canella Caradja, 1920 Algeria. See [maps]

  • Metzneria canella Caradja, 1920; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34 (1/2): 95 [Chrétien?]; TL: Biskra

  • Metzneria canella; [NHM card]
• Metzneria castiliella (Möschler, 1866) Spain, NAF, Palestina. See [maps]

  • Parasia castiliella Möschler, 1866; Berl. ent. Z. 10: 142
  • Metzneria eatoni Walsingham, 1899; Ent. mon. Mag. 35: 183; TL: Spain, Malaga; Algeria, Biskra
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria castiliella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria castiliella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria clitella Rebel, 1903 Libya. See [maps]

  • Metzneria clitella Rebel, 1903; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 53: 411; TL: Hammada
  • tricoloria Turati, 1930; Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 69 (1): 79
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria clitella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria clitella; [NHM card]
• Metzneria diamondi Amsel, 1949 Iraq. See [maps]

  • diamondi Amsel, 1949; Bull. Soc. Fouad I^er Ent. 33: 321

  • Metzneria diamondi; [NHM card]
• Metzneria diffusella Englert, 1974

  • Metzneria diffusella Englert, 1974; Z. angew. Ent. 75 (4): 399

  • Metzneria diffusella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria diffusella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria ehikeella (Gozmány, 1954)

  • Mezneria ehikeella Gozmány, 1954; Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 46: 276; TL: Ágasegyháza, Com. Bács, S.Hungary

  • Metzneria ehikeella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Metzneria ehikeella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Metzneria ehikeella; [NHM card]; [FE]; [RFEL]

  Larva on Centaurea scabiosa [RFEL]

• Metzneria englerti Piskunov, 1979 Kazakhstan. See [maps]

  • englerti Piskunov, 1979; Zool. Zh. 58 (2): 278

  • Metzneria englerti; [NHM card]
• Metzneria expositoi Vives, 2001

  • Metzneria expositoi; [FE]
• Metzneria filia Piskunov, 1979

  • Metzneria filia Piskunov, 1979; Ent. Obozr. 58 (2): 371

  • Metzneria filia; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria hastella Chrétien, 1915 Algeria. See [maps]

  • Metzneria hastella Chrétien, 1915; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 84: 315; TL: Biskra

  • Metzneria hastella; [NHM card]
• Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911

  • Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911; Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (1): 64; TL: Woodbush Village

  • Metzneria heptacentra; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Metzneria hilarella Caradja, 1920 Spain. See [maps]

  • Metzneria hilarella Caradja, 1920; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34 (1/2): 95; TL: Cuenca

  • Metzneria hilarella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria inflammatella (Christoph, 1882) Korea, Japan (Honshu), China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Sichuan, Henan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Shanghai), Amur, Primorye. See [maps]

  • Parasia inflammatella Christoph, 1882; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 57 (1): 26; TL: Pompejewka, Wladiwostok

  • Metzneria inflammatella; [NHM card]; Park, 2012, Ins. Fauna Korea 16 (6): 3 (list), 19; [RFEL]
• Metzneria intestinella (Mann, 1864) SEEU. See [maps]

  • Parasia intestinella Mann, 1864; Wien. Ent. Mon. 8 (6): 187, pl. 4, f. 15

  • Metzneria intestinella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria intestinella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria ivannikovi Piskunov, 1979

  • ivannikovi Piskunov, 1979; Ent. Obozr. 58 (2): 369

  • Metzneria ivannikovi; [NHM card]
• Metzneria kerzhneri Piskunov, 1979 Mongolia. See [maps]

  • kerzhneri Piskunov, 1979; Nasekom. Mongol. 6: 400

  • Metzneria kerzhneri; [NHM card]
• Metzneria lacrimosa (Meyrick, 1913) Tunisia. See [maps]

  • Epithectis lacrimosa Meyrick, 1913; Ent. Mitt. 2 (10): 299

  • Metzneria lacrimosa; [NHM card]
• Metzneria lappella (Linnaeus, 1758) EU, W.Siberia, Transbaikalia, Japan, China (Jilin), .... See [maps]

  • Phalaena (Tinea) lappella Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 537

  • Metzneria lappella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Metzneria lappella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Metzneria lappella, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
  • Metzneria lappella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Metzneria lappella; [NHM card]; [NACL], #1685; Ponomarenko, Park & Bae, 2006, J. Asia-Pacif. Ent. 9 (2): 107; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 3; [FE]; [RFEL]

  Larva on Arctium tomentosum

• Metzneria lepigrei Lucas, 1935 Algeria. See [maps]

  • Metzneria lepigrei Lucas, 1935; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 40: 60; TL: Biskra

  • Metzneria lepigrei; [NHM card]
• Metzneria littorella (Douglas, 1850) WEU, Slovenia, Cyprus. See [maps]

  • Gelechia littorella Douglas, 1850; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 1: 67; TL: Isle of Wight
  • Metzneria quinquepunctella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 5 (65): 172, (62) f. 573
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria littorella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria littorella; [NHM card]; Sumpich & Skyva, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (2): 168; [FE]
• Metzneria mendica Piskunov, 1979 Kazakshtan

  • mendica Piskunov, 1979; Zool. Zh. 58 (2): 279

  • Metzneria mendica; [NHM card]
• Metzneria metzneriella (Stainton, 1851) EU, Asia Minor, Transbaikalia, China (Jilin). See [maps]

  • Gelechia metzneriella Stainton, 1851; Suppl. Cat. Br. Tineidae and Pteroph.: 5
  • ?Cleodora ochroleucella Stephens, 1834; Ill. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 4 (2): 221
    • = ; [NHM card]; [RFEL]
  • Parasia falcatella Bruand, 1859; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (3) 6: 657 (repl. Gelechia metzneriella Stainton, 1851)
    • = ; [NHM card]; [RFEL]

  • Metzneria metzneriella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Metzneria metzneriella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Metzneria metzneriella; [NHM card]; Ponomarenko, Park & Bae, 2006, J. Asia-Pacif. Ent. 9 (2): 107; [FE]; [RFEL]

  Larva on Serratula tinctoria Centaurea jacea, C. nigriceps, Colymbada scabiosa, Cyanus montanus, Jacea nigra, J. phrygia, J. pratensis [RFEL]

• Metzneria montana Piskunov, 1979 Turkmenistan. See [maps]

  • montana Piskunov, 1979; Zool. Zh. 58 (2): 278

  • Metzneria montana; [NHM card]
• Metzneria neuropterella (Zeller, 1839) EU, NAF, Asia Minor, N.Caucasus, S.Urals, C.Asia, ..., Korea. See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Metzneria) neuropterella Zeller, 1839; Isis [32] 1839 (3): 202; TL: Europe
  • Metzneria neuropterella ab. gigantella Krulikovsky, 1908; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 21: 263
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Metzneria ouedella Caradja, 1920; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34 (1/2): 95 [Chrétien?]
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria neuropterella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Metzneria neuropterella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Metzneria neuropterella; [NHM card]; Park, 2012, Ins. Fauna Korea 16 (6): 3 (list), 20; [FE]

  Larva on Centaurea maculosa, Anthemis tinctoria, Acosta rhenana, A. tinctoria Park, 2012, Ins. Fauna Korea 16 (6): 22, Cirsium acaule

• Metzneria paucipunctella (Zeller, 1839) EU, Asia Minor, .... See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Metzneria) paucipunctella Zeller, 1839; Isis [32] 1839 (3): 202
  • zimmermanni Hering, 1941; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 54: 33
    • = ; [NACL], #1686; [NHM card]; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 3
  • confusalis Lucas, 1956; Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 35: 255
    • = ; [NACL], #1686; [NHM card]; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 3
  • Metzneria luqueti Nel, 1995
    • = ; [FE]

  • Metzneria paucipunctella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Metzneria paucipunctella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Metzneria paucipunctella; [NACL], #1686; [NHM card]; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 3; [FE]
• Metzneria portieri Viette, 1948 Abyssinia. See [maps]

  • portieri Viette, 1948; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 53: 51

  • Metzneria portieri; [NHM card]
• Metzneria riadella Englert, 1974

  • Metzneria riadella Englert, 1974; Z. angew. Ent. 75 (4): 398

  • Metzneria riadella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria sanguinea Meyrick, 1934 Belgian Congo

  • Metzneria sanguinea Meyrick, 1934; Exotic Microlep. 4 (16-17): 512

  • Metzneria sanguinea; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Metzneria santolinella (Amsel, 1936)

  • Archimetzneria santolinella Amsel, 1936; Veröff. dt. Kol. Übersee-Mus. 1: 355
  • Metzneria consimilella Hackman, 1946; Notulae Ent. 26 (1-2): 57; TL: Espoo
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria santolinella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Metzneria santolinella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Metzneria santolinella; [NHM card]; [FE]

  Larva on Anthemis tinctoria

• Metzneria staehelinella Englert, 1974

  • Metzneria staehelinella Englert, 1974; Z. angew. Ent. 75 (4): 405

  • Metzneria staehelinella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria strictella Turati, 1924 Libya. See [maps]

  • strictella Turati, 1924; Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 63: 160, pl. 6, f. 3

  • Metzneria strictella; [NHM card]
• Metzneria subflavella Englert, 1974

  • Metzneria subflavella Englert, 1974; Z. angew. Ent. 75 (4): 409

  • Metzneria subflavella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria subflavella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria talassica Piskunov, 1979 Kazakhstan. See [maps]

  • talassica Piskunov, 1979; Trudy vses. ent. Obsch. 61: 114

  • Metzneria talassica; [NHM card]
• Metzneria tenuiella (Mann, 1864) Spain, Canary Is., Dalmatia, Asia Minor. See [maps]

  • Gelechia tenuiella Mann, 1864; Wien. Ent. Mon. 8 (6): 186, pl. 4, f. 16
  • Apodia seminivora Walsingham, 1903; Ent. mon. Mag. 39: 263; TL: Spain, Cadiz, Chiclana
    • = ; [NHM card]; [FE]
  • Metzneria insignificans Walsingham, [1908]; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907: 926; TL: Tenerife, Guimar, 1700ft
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Metzneria infelix Walsingham, [1908]; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907: 926; TL: Tenerife, Santa Cruz; Puerto Orotava
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria tenuiella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria tenuiella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria torosulella (Rebel, 1893) Spain, Libya, Canary Is.. See [maps]

  • Parasia torosulella Rebel, 1893; Stettin Ent. Ztg 54 (1-3): 49
  • Metzneria monochroa Walsingham, [1908]; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907: 927, pl. 51, f. 5; TL: Tenerife, La Laguna
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • ignota Turati, 1922; Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 61: 174
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Metzneria torosulella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Metzneria torosulella; [NHM card]; [FE]
• Metzneria transbaikalica Bidzilya, 2018

  • Metzneria transbaikalica Bidzilya, 2018; Zootaxa 4444 (4): (381-408)
• Metzneria tristella Rebel, 1901 Spain. See [maps]

  • Metzneria (Parasia) tristella Rebel, 1901; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 13 (2): 164; TL: Cuenca, Aragonia

  • Metzneria tristella; [FE]
• Metzneria varennei Nel, 1997

  • Metzneria varennei; [FE]

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