Kessleria petrobiella

Kessleria petrobiella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Austria, Slovenia and Italy.[1]

Kessleria petrobiella
Scientific classification
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

The length of the forewings is 6.3–8 mm for males and 6.4–7.8 mm for females. The forewings are white. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga caesia.

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