Kessleria nivescens
Appearance
Kessleria nivescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Yponomeutidae |
Genus: | Kessleria |
Species: | K. nivescens
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Binomial name | |
Kessleria nivescens Burmann, 1980
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Kessleria nivescens is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Italy, Slovenia and Austria.[1]
The length of the forewings is 8-9.6 mm for males and 6.9–8 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid July to the beginning of September.[2]
The larvae feed on Saxifraga caesia and Saxifraga tombeaensis.