Kessleria caflischiella

Kessleria caflischiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species: K. caflischiella
Binomial name
Kessleria caflischiella
(Frey, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Swammerdamia caflischiella Frey, 1880
  • Zelleria caflischiella

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

The length of the forewings is 6.9–8.3 mm for males and 6.1–7.1 mm for females. The forewings are greyish white with light brown dusting. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing from the beginning of July to the beginning of September.[2]

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

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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