Tuesday 7 November 2023

Metzneria species

 In the past I have identified all the Metzneria species I have caught in this area as metzneriella. This year I had a couple that looked a little different and on checking Peter identified both as lappella.

Images 1 and 2 are of the moth identified as lappella 

I think images 3 and 4 are of metzneriella. If this is confirmed I could upload the images to the atlas.





Andy Newbold, Sibford Ferris, Oxon.

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  1. Dave Wilton7 November 2023 at 16:12

    Hello Andy,
    I find these two very difficult to separate safely so I usually get them checked and, for what it is worth, in my garden they turn out to be 10:1 in favour of lappella. I'd obviously be very happy accepting the lappella image for the Atlas but I'd prefer any image of metzneriella to be of one that has been dissected.

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    1. Andy Newbold8 November 2023 at 07:08

      Thank you. I thought it was just me finding them difficult to separate. Hopefully I will get a metzneriella that I can get dissected and confirmed next year.

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