Kessleria zimmermanni

Kessleria zimmermanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Yponomeutidae
Genus:	Kessleria
Species:	K. zimmermanni
Binomial name
	Kessleria zimmermanni; Nowicki, 1864
Synonyms
	Kessleria tatrica Friese, 1960; Swammerdamia zimmermanni;

Kessleria zimmermanni is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Poland and Slovakia.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 7-7.2 mm for males and 6.2 mm for females. The forewings are brown. The hindwings are dark brown. Adults are on wing from June to the end of August.^[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga paniculata. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. The species overwinters twice in the larval stage.

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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