Metzneria neuropterella, the brown-veined neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe to the southern Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, southern and south-eastern Siberia and Mongolia, as well as in North Africa.[2] The habitat consist of short-turfed, herb rich chalk downland.[3]

Metzneria neuropterella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Metzneria
Species:	M. neuropterella
Binomial name
Metzneria neuropterella (Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
Gelechia neuropterella Zeller, 1839 Metzneria neuropterella ab. gigantella Krulikovsky, 1908 Metzneria ouedella Caradja, 1920

The wingspan is 14–24 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed in the seedheads of Cirsium acaule and Centaurea nigra.[5] The species overwinters in the larval stage within a silken chamber inside the seed-head. Larvae can be found from late August onwards and pupation takes place in June.

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