Kessleria hauderi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Yponomeutidae and 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 a 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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