Kessleria insubrica

Kessleria insubrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species:
K. insubrica
Binomial name
Kessleria insubrica
Huemer & Tarmann, 1993

Kessleria insubrica is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Italy.[1]

The length of the forewings is 7.5–8 mm for males and 6.5-7.4 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the beginning of June to the end of August.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga caesia.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ HUEMER, P. & G. TARMANN (1993): Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der lepidopterologischen Forschungen des Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum im Alpenraum. — 2. Eine neue Kessleria-Art aus den Alpi Orobie (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae). — Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 73: 41-46



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