Kessleria burmanni is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.[1]
Kessleria burmanni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Yponomeutidae |
Genus: | Kessleria |
Species: | K. burmanni
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Binomial name | |
Kessleria burmanni Huemer & Tarmann, 1992
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The length of the forewings is 7–8.4 mm for males and 4.5–6.5 mm for females. 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.
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