Kessleria insubrica
Kessleria insubrica is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Italy.[1]
| Kessleria insubrica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Kessleria |
| Species: | K. insubrica |
| Binomial name | |
| Kessleria insubrica Huemer & Tarmann, 1993 | |
The length of the forewings is 7.5–8 mm for males and 6.5-7.4 mm for females. The forewings are white with brown and ochre sprinkling. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing from the beginning of June to the end of August.[2]
The larvae feed on Saxifraga caesia. They live in a spinning (a shelter like the web of a spider).
References
- Fauna Europaea
- 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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