Kessleria inexpectata

Kessleria inexpectata is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in France.[1]

Kessleria inexpectata
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Kessleria
Species:
K. inexpectata
Binomial name
Kessleria inexpectata
Huemer & Tarmann, 1992

The length of the forewings is 6.5–7.5 mm for males and 5.5 mm for females. The forewings are white with light and dark brown scales. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing in July.[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga paniculata. They live within a spinning and may mine the leaves of their host plant on occasion.

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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