Gelechiidae

35.056 Burdock Seedhead Moth Metzneria lappella (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Similar species:

Forewing: 7.5 to 9.5mm

Habitats: Woodland margins, scrub, hedgerows, verges, vegetated sand-dunes and waste ground.

Habits: The moth is occasionally disturbed from the foodplant. It comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds in the flower-heads of Greater Burdock or Lesser Burdock, overwintering in a chamber in the base of the seed-head, where it pupates in a cocoon in early May.