Kessleria nivescens

Kessleria nivescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Yponomeutidae
Genus:	Kessleria
Species:	K. nivescens
Binomial name
	Kessleria nivescens; Burmann, 1980

Kessleria nivescens is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Italy, Slovenia and Austria.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 8-9.6 mm for males and 6.9–8 mm for females. The forewings are white with light brown to grey sprinkling. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing from mid July to the beginning of September.^[2]

The larvae feed on and . They have a dark greenish brown body and black head.

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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