Klimeschia transversella

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Klimeschia transversella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Douglasiidae
Genus: Klimeschia
Species:
K. transversella
Binomial name
Klimeschia transversella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Tinagma transversellaZeller, 1839
  • Klimeschia unicolorellaMilliére

Klimeschia transversella is a moth in the family Douglasiidae. It was described by Zeller in 1839. It is found in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Finland, Sweden, Belarus, the Baltic region and Russia. [1]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm. Adults are on wing from mid to the end of June. [2]

The larvae feed on Thymus species. [3]

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