Kessleria hauderi

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

Kessleria hauderi is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It 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 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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