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Kessleria saxifragae

Synonyms: Hofmannia saxifragae; Zelleria saxifragae (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Kessleria saxifragae is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is widespread in Europe (including Ireland, Scotland, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the French mainland, Germany, the Italian mainland, Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, the Spanish mainland, Switzerland, Romania and former Yugoslavia) and is also recorded from the Levant. The length of the forewings is 7.2-8.6 mm for males and 6.5-7.4 mm for females. The forewings are white with greyish brown scales. Adults are on wing from the beginning of June to the end of August.
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Prey / Diet

Saxifraga aizoides (yellow mountain saxifrage)[1]
Saxifraga geranioides (White Mountain saxifrage)[1]
Saxifraga hirsuta (kidney saxifrage)[1]
Saxifraga oppositifolia latina (purple 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