Metzneria littorella
Checklist Number35.057 [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 | |
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Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
VC10 Isle of Wight
| Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventnor area (SZ57) | 05/1850 | six | S Stevens | Adult |
| Ventnor (SZ57) | 13/04/1897 | one | Unknown | Larval |
| Ventnor (SZ57) | 05/1898 | three | Lord Walsingham | Larval |
| Isle of Wight (SZ57) | 12/05/1898 | four | W H B Fletcher coll | Larval |
| Isle of Wight (SZ57) | 17/05/1898 | four | W H B Fletcher coll | Larval |
| Isle of Wight (SZ57) | 27/05/1898 | one | Walsingham (Lord) | Adult |
| Ventnor Undercliff (SZ57) | 1899 | - | E R Bankes | Larval |
| St Lawrence (SZ57) | 29/05/1899 | one | Unknown | Adult |
| Isle of Wight (SZ57) | 01/07/1900 | one | E R Bankes | - |
| Ventnor (SZ57) | 1924 | - | S Wakely | Adult |
| Ventnor Undercliff (SZ57) | 1936 | 16 | S Wakely | Larval |
| Isle of Wight (SZ57) | 1936 | one | W Fassnidge | Adult |
| Niton (SZ57) | 01/06/1937 | 40 | J M Chalmers-Hunt | Adult |
| Ventnor area (SZ57) | 1957 | - | J Lobb | Adult |
| Ventnor area (SZ57) | 1958 | one | S Wakely | Larval |
| Niton (SZ57) | 1959 | - | D W H Ffennell | Adult |
| Ventnor Undercliff (SZ57) | 1962 | 15 | Richard Fairclough | Larval |
| Niton (SZ57) | 28/04/1967 | - | E C Pelham-Clinton | Larval |
| Niton (SZ57) | 12/06/1967 | four | D W H Ffennell | Larval |
| Niton (SZ57) | 19/06/1967 | five | D W H Ffennell | Larval |
| Reeth Bay, Niton (SZ57) | 01/05/1969 | - | J M Chalmers-Hunt | Larval |
| Niton (SZ57) | 04/06/1969 | 16 | A Maitland Emmet | Adult |
| Reeth Bay, Niton (SZ57) | 11/06/1972 | - | J M Chalmers-Hunt | Adult |
| Niton (SZ57) | 1973 | 12 | J Roche | Larval |
| Niton (SZ57) | 14/11/1982 | - | J R Langmaid, P H Sterling | Larval |
| St Catherine's Point (SZ47) | 02/03/1997 | - | David Biggs | Larval |
| Niton (SZ57) | 17/10/2013 | - | J R Langmaid, S M Palmer | Larval |