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Kessleria petrobiella

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Species of moth

Kessleria petrobiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Austria, Slovenia and Italy.

The length of the forewings is 6.3–8 mm for males and 6.4–7.8 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.

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


Taxon identifiers
Kessleria petrobiella


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