Kessleria brachypterella

Kessleria brachypterella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Yponomeutidae
Genus:Kessleria
Species: K. brachypterella
Binomial name
Kessleria brachypterella
Huemer & Tarmann, 1992

Kessleria brachypterella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in France and Spain.[1]

The length of the forewings is 7-7.3 mm for males and 5.6–6 mm for females. The forewings are brownish grey with whitish scales. The hindwings are greyish brown. Adults have been recorded in August.[2]

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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