Kessleria caflischiella

Kessleria caflischiella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.[5]

Kessleria caflischiella
Scientific 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[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Swammerdamia caflischiella Frey, 1880[3]
  • Zelleria caflischiella (Frey, 1880) Meyrick, 1914[4]

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.[2]

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. 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.
  3. Frey, Heinrich (1880). "Tineiden". Die Lepidoperen der Schweiz. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. p. 344.
  4. Meyrick, E. (1914). Hyponomentidae, Plutellidae, Amphtherdae. Lepidopterorum atalogus. Vol. 19. Berlin: W. Junk. p. 12.
  5. Fauna Europaea


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