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Kessleria petrobiella

Kessleria petrobiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga caesia.

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