| Kessleria albescens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Kessleria |
| Species: | K. albescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Kessleria albescens (Rebel, 1899) | |
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Kessleria albescens is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in France, Italy and Austria.
The length of the forewings is 6–7.3 mm for males and 5.1–6.1 mm for females. Adults are on wing from July to September.
The larvae feed on Saxifraga paniculata. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- 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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| Kessleria albescens |
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