Kessleria alternans

Kessleria alternans
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species:
K. alternans
Binomial name
Kessleria alternans
(Staudinger, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Swammerdamia alternans Staudinger, 1871

Kessleria alternans is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in France, Switzerland and Italy.[1] It has also been recorded from the Caucasus.

The length of the forewings is 8-9.2 mm for males and 6.7-8.1 mm for females. Adults have been recorded from mid to the end of July.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga oppositifolia and Saxifraga paniculata.

References

  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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