Kessleria apenninica

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

Last updated April 25, 2024

Kessleria apenninica is a moth species of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found only in the Apennines in central Italy. The habitat consists of rocky areas on calcareous soil.

The length of the forewings is 5.8–6.9 mm for males. The forewings of the males are white, mottled with black. The black dots on the veins and in the terminal area. There is a black patch near the base and an oblique blackish fascia at about one-third to halfway. The hindwings are dark grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in late July.

The larvae probably feed on a Saxifraga species.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Apennines, where all type specimens have been collected.^[1]

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References

↑ Peter Huemer, Marko Mutanen 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 This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.

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[1] Peter Huemer, Marko Mutanen 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 This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.

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