Kessleria alpicella

Kessleria alpicella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and most of the Balkan Peninsula.[1]

Kessleria alpicella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species:
K. alpicella
Binomial name
Kessleria alpicella
(Stainton, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Tinea alpicella Stainton, 1851
  • Swammerdamia alpicella

The length of the forewings is 7–9 mm for males and 7.3-7.6 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the end of July.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga paniculata and Saxifraga rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] They can be found in November.

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
  3. bladmineerders.nl



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