Kessleria alpicella explained

Kessleria alpicella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and most of the Balkan Peninsula.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 7–9 mm for males and 7.3-7.6 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the end of July.^[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga paniculata and Saxifraga rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3] They can be found in November.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815133013/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=433906 Fauna Europaea
2. https://archive.org/details/mitteilungenderm811991mn Huemer, P. & G. Tarmann (1991): Westpaläarktische Gespinstmotten der Gattung Kessleria NOWICKI: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verbreitung. — Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 81: 5-110
3. http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/kessleria/alpicella/alpicella.htm bladmineerders.nl