Kessleria caflischiella explained

Kessleria caflischiella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 6.9–8.3 mm for males and 6.1–7.1 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the beginning of July to the beginning of September.^[2]

The larvae feed on Saxifraga moschata. They live in a spinning (a shelter like the web of a spider).

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305195211/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=433928 Fauna Europaea
2. Huemer . Peter . Gerhard . Tarmann . 1991 . Westpaläarktische Gespinstmotten der Gattung Kessleria Nowicki: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verbreitung . Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 81 . 49–51. .