Kessleria insubrica

Kessleria insubrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Yponomeutidae
Genus:	Kessleria
Species:	K. insubrica
Binomial name
	Kessleria insubrica; Huemer & Tarmann, 1993

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

The length of the forewings is 7.5–8 mm for males and 6.5-7.4 mm for females. The forewings are white with brown and ochre sprinkling. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing from the beginning of June to the end of August.^[2]

The larvae feed on . They live in a spinning (a shelter like the web of a spider).

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ HUEMER, P. & G. TARMANN (1993): Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der lepidopterologischen Forschungen des Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum im Alpenraum. — 2. Eine neue Kessleria-Art aus den Alpi Orobie (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae). — Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 73: 41-46

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] HUEMER, P. & G. TARMANN (1993): Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der lepidopterologischen Forschungen des Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum im Alpenraum. — 2. Eine neue Kessleria-Art aus den Alpi Orobie (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae). — Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 73: 41-46

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