Kessleria klimeschi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Yponomeutidae |
Genus: | Kessleria |
Species: | K. klimeschi
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Binomial name | |
Kessleria klimeschi Huemer & Tarmann, 1992
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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.
Kessleria klimeschi | |
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Female | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Yponomeutidae |
Genus: | Kessleria |
Species: | K. klimeschi
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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.