Kessleria, Nowicki, 1864

Agassiz, David J. L., 2019, The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea), Zootaxa 4600 (1), pp. 1-69 : 33

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scientific name	Kessleria
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KESSLERIA Nowicki, 1864

Kessleria Nowicki, 1864: 12 .

Hoffmania Wocke, 1876: 644

Circostola Meyrick, 1889: 163

Type species: Kessleria zimmermanni Nowicki, 1864 .

The genus was redescribed by Huemer and Tarmann (1991) and whilst this new species does not exactly conform to Kessleria as known in Europe it is closely related to it (Huemer, pers. comm.).

Huemer, P. & Tarmann, G. (1991) Westpalaarktische Gespinstmotten der Gattung Kessleria Nowicki: Taxonomie, Okologie, Verbreitung (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae). Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 81, 5 - 110.

Meyrick, E. (1889) Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute for 1888, 21, 155 - 188.

Nowicki, M. S. (1864) Microlepidopterorum Species Novae. typis Universitatis Jagellonicae, Cracoviae, 31 pp., 1 pl.