Kessleria burmanni

Kessleria burmanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species:
K. burmanni
Binomial name
Kessleria burmanni
Huemer & Tarmann, 1992

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

The length of the forewings is 7–8.4 mm for males and 4.5–6.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the beginning of July to the end of August.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga caesia, Saxifraga oppositifolia and possibly Saxifraga hiflora macropetala.

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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