Kessleria petrobiella

Kessleria petrobiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Yponomeutidae
Genus:	Kessleria
Species:	K. petrobiella
Binomial name
	Kessleria petrobiella; (Zeller, 1868)
Synonyms
	Scythropia petrobiella Zeller, 1868;

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

The length of the forewings is 6.3–8 mm for males and 6.4–7.8 mm for females. The forewings are white. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.^[2]

The larvae feed on .

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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