| Kessleria alternans | |
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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. alternans |
| Binomial name | |
| Kessleria alternans (Staudinger, 1871) | |
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Kessleria alternans is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in France, Switzerland and Italy. It has also been recorded from the Caucasus.
The length of the forewings is 8-9.2 mm for males and 6.7-8.1 mm for females. Adults have been recorded from mid to the end of July.
The larvae feed on Saxifraga oppositifolia and Saxifraga paniculata.
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 alternans |
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