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Kessleria nivescens

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Kessleria nivescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species:
K. nivescens
Binomial name
Kessleria nivescens
Burmann, 1980

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.

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