Kessleria petrobiella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Austria, Slovenia and Italy.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Kessleria |
| Species: | K. petrobiella
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| Kessleria petrobiella (Zeller, 1868)
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The length of the forewings is 6.3–8 mm for males and 6.4–7.8 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.[2]
The larvae feed on Saxifraga caesia.
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