Kessleria burmanni

Kessleria burmanni is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.[1]

Kessleria burmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species:
K. burmanni
Binomial name
Kessleria burmanni
Huemer & Tarmann, 1992

The length of the forewings is 7–8.4 mm for males and 4.5–6.5 mm for females. The forewings are grey to brown with white scales. The hindwings are dark greyish brown. Adults are on wing from the beginning of July to the end of August.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga caesia, Saxifraga oppositifolia and possibly Saxifraga hiflora macropetala. They have a dark greenish brown body and blackish brown head.

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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