Kessleria caflischiella

Kessleria caflischiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species: K. caflischiella
Binomial name
Kessleria caflischiella
(Frey, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Swammerdamia caflischiella Frey, 1880
  • Zelleria caflischiella

Kessleria caflischiella is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.[1]

The length of the forewings is 6.9-8.3 mm for males and 6.1-7.1 mm for females. The forewings are greyish white with light brown dusting. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing from the beginning of July to the beginning of September.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga moschata. They live in a spinning (a shelter like the web of a spider).

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Huemer, P. & G. Tarmann (1991): Westpaläarktische Gespinstmotten der Gattung Kessleria Nowicki: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verbreitung. — Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 81: 5-110


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