Kessleria caflischiella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.[5]
| Kessleria caflischiella | |
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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. caflischiella
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| Binomial name | |
| Kessleria caflischiella | |
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The length of the forewings is 6.9–8.3 mm for males and 6.1–7.1 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the beginning of July to the beginning of September.[4]
The larvae feed on Saxifraga moschata. They live in a spinning (a shelter like the web of a spider).
References edit
- ^ Friese, Gerrit (1960). "Revision der paläarktischen Yponomeutidae unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Genitalien (Lepidoptera)". Beiträge zur Entomologie. 10 (1–2): 74–75. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.10.1-2.1-131.
- ^ Frey, Heinrich (1880). "Tineiden". Die Lepidoperen der Schweiz. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. p. 344.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1914). Hyponomentidae, Plutellidae, Amphtherdae. Lepidopterorum atalogus. Vol. 19. Berlin: W. Junk. p. 12.
- ^ a b Huemer, Peter; Tarmann, Gerhard (1991). "Westpaläarktische Gespinstmotten der Gattung Kessleria Nowicki: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verbreitung" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 81: 49–51. BHL page 31644099.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
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