Kessleria saxifragae
| Kessleria saxifragae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Kessleria |
| Species: | K. saxifragae |
| Binomial name | |
| Kessleria saxifragae (Stainton, 1868) | |
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Kessleria saxifragae is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is widespread in Europe (including Ireland, Scotland, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the French mainland, Germany, the Italian mainland, Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, the Spanish mainland, Switzerland, Romania and former Yugoslavia) and is also recorded from the Levant.
a shoot of Saxifraga aizoon with larval web
Larva
The length of the forewings is 7.2-8.6 mm for males and 6.5-7.4 mm for females. The forewings are white with greyish brown scales. Adults are on wing from the beginning of June to the end of August.[1]
Larvae have been recorded on Saxifraga oppositifolia, Saxifraga paniculata, Saxifraga grisebachii, Saxifraga aizoides, Saxifraga hirsute and Saxifraga spathularis.