Kessleria albescens

Kessleria albescens
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species: K. albescens
Binomial name
Kessleria albescens
(Rebel, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Hofmannia albescens Rebel, 1899

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

The length of the forewings is 6–7.3 mm for males and 5.1–6.1 mm for females. The forewings are white with light and dark brown scales. The hindwings are light brown. Adults are on wing from July to September.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga paniculata. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. When older, they feed freely from within a spinning.

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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