Metzneria littorella

Checklist Number
35.057 [B&F: 0723]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Gelechiidae
Subfamily:Anomologinae
Genus:Metzneria
Species:littorella
Authority:(Douglas, 1850)

Endangered (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) and confined to open ground on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, where it has persisted for over 150 years. Not recorded from Hampshire to date. Wingspan 9-14 mm. Larva feeds on seeds of Buckshorn Plantain, over-wintering in a cocoon.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Ventnor area (SZ57)05/1850sixS StevensAdult
Ventnor (SZ57)13/04/1897oneUnknownLarval
Ventnor (SZ57)05/1898threeLord WalsinghamLarval
Isle of Wight (SZ57)12/05/1898fourW H B Fletcher collLarval
Isle of Wight (SZ57)17/05/1898fourW H B Fletcher collLarval
Isle of Wight (SZ57)27/05/1898oneWalsingham (Lord)Adult
Ventnor Undercliff (SZ57)1899-E R BankesLarval
St Lawrence (SZ57)29/05/1899oneUnknownAdult
Isle of Wight (SZ57)01/07/1900oneE R Bankes-
Ventnor (SZ57)1924-S WakelyAdult
Isle of Wight (SZ57)1936oneW FassnidgeAdult
Ventnor Undercliff (SZ57)193616S WakelyLarval
Niton (SZ57)01/06/193740J M Chalmers-HuntAdult
Ventnor area (SZ57)1957-J LobbAdult
Ventnor area (SZ57)1958oneS WakelyLarval
Niton (SZ57)1959-D W H FfennellAdult
Ventnor Undercliff (SZ57)196215Richard FaircloughLarval
Niton (SZ57)28/04/1967-E C Pelham-ClintonLarval
Niton (SZ57)12/06/1967fourD W H FfennellLarval
Niton (SZ57)19/06/1967fiveD W H FfennellLarval
Reeth Bay, Niton (SZ57)01/05/1969-J M Chalmers-HuntLarval
Niton (SZ57)04/06/196916A Maitland EmmetAdult
Reeth Bay, Niton (SZ57)11/06/1972-J M Chalmers-HuntAdult
Niton (SZ57)197312J RocheLarval
Niton (SZ57)14/11/1982-J R Langmaid, P H SterlingLarval
St Catherine's Point (SZ47)02/03/1997-David BiggsLarval
Niton (SZ57)17/10/2013-J R Langmaid, S M PalmerLarval