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Kessleria caflischiella

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Species of moth

Kessleria caflischiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species: K. caflischiella
Binomial name
Kessleria caflischiella
(Frey, 1880) Friese, 1960
Synonyms
  • Swammerdamia caflischiella Frey, 1880
  • Zelleria caflischiella (Frey, 1880) Meyrick, 1914

Kessleria caflischiella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.

The length of the forewings is 6.9–8.3 mm for males and 6.1–7.1 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the beginning of July to the beginning of September.

The larvae feed on Saxifraga moschata. They live in a spinning (a shelter like the web of a spider).

References

  1. Friese, Gerrit (1960). "Revision der paläarktischen Yponomeutidae unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Genitalien (Lepidoptera)". Beiträge zur Entomologie. 10 (1–2): 74–75. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.10.1-2.1-131.
  2. Frey, Heinrich (1880). "Tineiden". Die Lepidoperen der Schweiz. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. p. 344.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1914). Hyponomentidae, Plutellidae, Amphtherdae. Lepidopterorum atalogus. Vol. 19. Berlin: W. Junk. p. 12.
  4. ^ Huemer, Peter; Tarmann, Gerhard (1991). "Westpaläarktische Gespinstmotten der Gattung Kessleria Nowicki: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verbreitung" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 81: 49–51. BHL page 31644099.
  5. Fauna Europaea
Taxon identifiers
Kessleria caflischiella


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