Kessleria helvetica

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

Kessleria helvetica is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Switzerland.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 6.9–7 mm for males and 6.2-7.3 mm for females. The forewings are white with light and dark brown scales. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing from the beginning of June to the end of August.^[2]

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Huemer, P. & G. Tarmann (1991): Westpaläarktische Gespinstmotten der Gattung Kessleria Nowicki: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verbreitung. — Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 81: 5-110

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Huemer, P. & G. Tarmann (1991): Westpaläarktische Gespinstmotten der Gattung Kessleria Nowicki: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verbreitung. — Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 81: 5-110

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