''Metzneria'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dis ...
, described by
Philipp Christoph Zeller
Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist.
Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Philipp ...
in 1839.
Species
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Metzneria acrena''
(Meyrick, 1908)
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Metzneria aestivella''
(Zeller, 1839)
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Metzneria agraphella''
(Ragonot, 1895)
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Metzneria albiramosella''
(Christoph, 1885)
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Metzneria aprilella''
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)
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Metzneria artificella''
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1861)
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Metzneria asiatica''
Piskunov, 1979
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Metzneria aspretella''
Lederer, 1869
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Metzneria brandbergi''
Janse, 1963
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Metzneria campicolella''
(Mann, 1857)
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Metzneria canella''
Caradja, 1920
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Metzneria castiliella''
(Moschler, 1866)
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Metzneria clitella''
Rebel, 1903
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Metzneria diamondi''
Amsel, 1949
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Metzneria diffusella''
Englert, 1974
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Metzneria ehikeella''
Gozmany, 1954
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Metzneria englerti''
Piskunov, 1979
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Metzneria expositoi''
Vives, 2001
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Metzneria filia''
Piskunov, 1979
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Metzneria hastella''
Chrétien, 1915
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Metzneria heptacentra''
Meyrick, 1911
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Metzneria hilarella''
Caradja, 1920
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Metzneria inflammatella''
(Christoph, 1882)
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Metzneria intestinella''
(Mann, 1864)
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Metzneria ivannikovi''
Piskunov, 1979
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Metzneria kerzhneri''
Piskunov, 1979
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Metzneria lacrimosa''
(Meyrick, 1913)
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Metzneria lappella
''Metzneria lappella'', the burdock seedhead moth or burdock seed moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae.
Distribution
This species is present in most of Europe and it is widely distributed throughout the Palaearctic region, northwards to th ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758) – burdock seedhead moth
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Metzneria lepigrei''
Lucas, 1935
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Metzneria littorella''
(Douglas, 1850)
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Metzneria mendica''
Piskunov, 1979
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Metzneria metzneriella''
(Stainton, 1851)
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Metzneria montana''
Piskunov, 1979
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Metzneria neuropterella''
(Zeller, 1839)
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Metzneria paucipunctella''
(Zeller, 1839)
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Metzneria portieri''
Viette, 1948
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Metzneria riadella''
Englert, 1974
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Metzneria sanguinea''
Meyrick, 1934
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Metzneria santolinella''
(Amsel, 1936)
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Metzneria staehelinella''
Englert, 1974
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Metzneria strictella''
Turati, 1924
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Metzneria subflavella''
Englert, 1974
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Metzneria talassica''
Piskunov, 1979
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Metzneria tenuiella''
(Mann, 1864)
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Metzneria torosulella''
(Rebel, 1893)
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Metzneria tristella''
Rebel, 1901
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Metzneria varennei''
Nel, 1997
Former species
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Metzneria torridella''
References
* , 2007, ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' Memoir 4: 91-116.
* , 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Zootaxa'' 2366: 1-34. Abstract: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02366p034f.pdf].
* ; ; 2009: Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. ''Zootaxa'', 2231: 1-39
Abstract & excerpt* , 2006, Synonymies et notes sur quelques ''Gelechiidae'' de la fauna de France (Lepidoptera), ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 111 (1): 393-34.
Metzneria,
Isophrictini
Gelechiidae genera
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller
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