Metzneria artificella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861)

Junnilainen, Jari, Karsholt, Ole, Nupponen, Kari, Kaitila, Jari-Pekka, Nupponen, Timo & Olschwang, Vladimir, 2010, The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 2367, Zootaxa 2367 (1), pp. 1-68 : 21

Metzneria artificella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861)

Burannoe 03.VII.2003; Chalk Hills 03–07.VI.1998, 21.VI.1999, 10.VI.2001, 29.VI.2003, 26–28.V.2004, 21.VIII.2006; Guberlja 20.V.2004; Kidriasovo 28–29.V.1998; Verbljushka 30.V–02.VI.1998, 10–12.VI.1998, 15.VII.1998, 27.VII.2000, 30.V–01.VI.2004. Locally rather common.

Distribution. Locally from S and E Europe to S Ural and the Volga region. Outside Europe in Iran and S Siberia.

Remarks. The species was described from the vicinity of Volgograd (Sarepta), Russia.