Kessleria albescens

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

Kessleria albescens is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. 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. Adults are on wing from July to September. [2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga paniculata . Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant.

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