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.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Metzneria |
| Species: | M. campicolella
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| Metzneria campicolella (J. J. Mann, 1857)
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The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are white with fine brown dots and black spots forming a triangle in the middle. The hindwings are grey.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Metzneria campicolella (Mann, 1857)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Metzneria campicolella (Mann, 1857)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "03302 Metzneria campicolella (Mann, 1857)". Lepiforum e. V. Retrieved August 11, 2020. (in German)
- ^ Miller, Ludwig; Lederer, Julius (1857). "Wiener entomologische Monatschrift". Wiener entomologische Monatschrift (in German). 1: 181. OCLC 1769859.