[4] Italian botanist Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon transferred the taxon to the newly proposed genus Kuettlingeria in 1857.

The thallus typically forms closely appressed, rounded formations that vary from thin to thick and have a white-grey colouration.

The ends of the lobes in this species are often poorly differentiated, presenting as rounded, flat, or slightly convex structures without distinct furrows.

Soredia in this species are granular and white, typically forming through the erosion of the thallus surface in the central area.

[7] Kuettlingeria teicholyta is a member of chemosyndrome C5, characterised by 7‐chloro-emodin as the dominant secondary metabolite in association with a substantial proportion of fragilin.