Kessleria hauderi
Appearance
Kessleria hauderi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Yponomeutidae |
Genus: | Kessleria |
Species: | K. hauderi
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Binomial name | |
Kessleria hauderi Huemer & Tarmann, 1992
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Kessleria hauderi is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae and is found in Austria.[1]
The length of the forewings is 8-9.3 mm for males and 6.1-7.1 mm for females. The forewings are a shining whitish brown to whitish grey with some light brown scales. The hindwings are light to dark grey. Adults are on wing from the beginning of July to mid August.[2]
The larvae feed on Saxifraga oppositifolia and possibly Saxifraga caesia. They have a dark green body and black head.
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