Kessleria klimeschi

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Kessleria klimeschi
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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. klimeschi
Binomial name
Kessleria klimeschi
Huemer & Tarmann, 1992

Kessleria klimeschi is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Italy [1] and Slovenia.

The length of the forewings is 6.4-7.7 mm for males and 5.5-6.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the end of June to the beginning of August. [2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga paniculata and Saxifraga incrustata . Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. When older, they live freely within a spinning.

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