Biology:Kessleria

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Short description: Genus of moths

Kessleria
Kessleria alpmaritimae female.jpg
Kessleria alpmaritimae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Subfamily: Yponomeutinae
Genus: Kessleria
Nowicki, 1864
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Hofmannia Heinemann & Wocke, 1877
  • Paradoxus Stainton, 1869
  • Circostola Meyrick, 1889
  • Euhyponomeutoides Gaj, 1954 (disputed)
  • Parahyponomeuta Toll, 1941 (disputed)

Kessleria is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae.

Species

Unplaced

  • Kessleria copidota - (Meyrick, 1889)
  • Kessleria corusca - Meyrick, 1914
  • Kessleria insulella - Moriuti, 1977
  • Kessleria malgassaella - Viette, 1955
  • Kessleria neuguineae - Moriuti, 1981
  • Kessleria nivosa - (Meyrick, 1938)
  • Kessleria parnassiae - (Braun, 1940)
  • Kessleria pseudosericella - Moriuti, 1977

Former species

  • Kessleria longipenella - Friese, 1960

References

  • Friese, G., 1960: Revision der paläarktischen Yponomeutidae unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Genitalien (Lepidoptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 10 (1–2): 1–131. Abstraft: [1].
  • Huemer, P. & Tarmann, G.M., 1991: Westpaläarktische Gespinstmotten der Gattung Kessleria Nowicki: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verbeitung (Lep., Yponomeutidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 81: 5–110. Full article: [2].
  • Peter Huemer, Marko Mutanen 2015: Alpha taxonomy of the genus Kessleria Nowicki, 1864, revisited in light of DNA-barcoding (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae). ZooKeys, 503: 89-133. doi:10.3897/zookeys.503.9590

Wikidata ☰ Q6395174 entry