''Metzneria'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
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 Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...
, 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 Ph ...
in 1839.
Species
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Metzneria acrena
''Metzneria acrena'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Namibia and South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Limpopo.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or ...
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(Meyrick, 1908)
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Metzneria aestivella
''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 ...
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(Zeller, 1839)
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Metzneria agraphella''
(Ragonot, 1895)
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Metzneria albiramosella''
(Christoph, 1885)
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Metzneria aprilella
''Metzneria aprilella'', the brilliant neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely distributed throughout Europe. Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran and southern Siberia. The habitat consists of wast ...
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(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
''Metzneria brandbergi'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1963. It is found in Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Afr ...
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Janse, 1963
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Metzneria campicolella
''Metzneria campicolella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae described by Josef Johann Mann in 1857. It is found in Asia Minor, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, the Dodecanese Islands, Crete and Cyprus.
The wingspan ...
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(Mann, 1857)
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Metzneria canella
''Metzneria canella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1920. It is found in Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North A ...
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Caradja, 1920
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Metzneria castiliella
''Metzneria castiliella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1866. It is found in Portugal, Spain, on Malta, the Canary Islands, in North Africa, on Crete, Cyprus and in Palestine.
The wingspan
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(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
''Metzneria heptacentra'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa, where it has been recorded from the North-West Province, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the Or ...
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Meyrick, 1911
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Metzneria hilarella
''Metzneria hilarella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1920. It is found in France and Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with te ...
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Caradja, 1920
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Metzneria inflammatella
''Metzneria inflammatella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1882. It is found in the Russian Far East
The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj ...
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(Christoph, 1882)
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Metzneria intestinella
''Metzneria intestinella'' is a moth of 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 Taxonomic rank, superf ...
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(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 the ...
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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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