Kessleria alpmaritimae

Kessleria alpmaritimae
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Yponomeutidae
Genus:	Kessleria
Species:	K. alpmaritimae
Binomial name
	Kessleria alpmaritimae; Huemer & Mutanen, 2015

Last updated July 02, 2024

Kessleria alpmaritimae is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found only in the Marguareis Massif, in the French Alpes Maritimes. The habitat consists of rocky areas on calcareous soil.

The length of the forewings is 7-8.5 mm for males and 5.9–6.3 mm for females. The forewings of the males are blackish to dark grey-brown, intensely mottled with whitish scales, particularly from the basal fifth to four-fifths. The veins have distinct black dots, particularly along the costa, subcosta, cubital and anal veins, while the medial and radial veins have indistinct brown lines. There is an oblique blackish fascia at about one-third to halfway. The termen is dark grey-brown. The hindwings are dark grey. The ground colour of the forewings of the females is whitish, mottled with a few black scales, particularly along the veins. There are patches of black scales near the base and at the distal end of the cell and there is an oblique blackish fascia at about one-third to halfway, separated into two dashes. The termen is whitish with some blackish dots in the apical part. The hindwings are grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in late July.

Etymology

The species name refers to the area of the type locality, the Alpes Maritimes.^[1]

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References

↑ Huemer, Peter; Mutanen, Marko (2015). "Alpha taxonomy of the genus Kessleria Nowicki, 1864, revisited in light of DNA-barcoding (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae)". ZooKeys (503): 89–133. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.503.9590 . PMC 4440273 . PMID 26019672. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] Huemer, Peter; Mutanen, Marko (2015). "Alpha taxonomy of the genus Kessleria Nowicki, 1864, revisited in light of DNA-barcoding (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae)". ZooKeys (503): 89–133. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.503.9590 . PMC 4440273 . PMID 26019672. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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