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Kessleria albescens

Synonyms: Hofmannia albescens (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Kessleria albescens is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in France, Italy and Austria. The length of the forewings is 6–7.3 mm for males and 5.1–6.1 mm for females. The forewings are white with light and dark brown scales. The hindwings are light brown. Adults are on wing from July to September. The larvae feed on Saxifraga paniculata. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. When older, they feed freely from within a spinning.
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Prey / Diet

Saxifraga geranioides (White Mountain saxifrage)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0