Species Details

ABH: 35.056

BF: 724

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anomologinae

Taxon: Metzneria lappella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Burdock Seedhead Moth

Account: Local in waste ground, gardens, open woodland and downland throughout England and north Wales; rare in Scotland. The main confusion species is M. metzneriella, which differs in the much darker general appearance, especially in apical and terminal areas. Larva feeds within the seedheads of Greater and Lesser Burdock, over-wintering in a cocoon.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 16 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 May (2009) — 24 Jul (2024)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Arctium lappa (Greater Burdock).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/metzneria-lappella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 18

Individuals: 8

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2025

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