Kessleria petrobiella

Kessleria petrobiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species: K. petrobiella
Binomial name
Kessleria petrobiella
(Zeller, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Scythropia petrobiella Zeller, 1868

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

The length of the forewings is 6.3–8 mm for males and 6.4-7.8 mm for females. The forewings are white. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga caesia.

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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