- Callisto coffeella
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Callisto coffeella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Gracillariidae Genus: Callisto Species: C. coffeella Binomial name Callisto coffeella
(Zetterstedt, 1839)[1]Synonyms - Oecophora coffeella Zeller, 1839
- Annickia alpicola Gibeaux, 1990
- Oecophora interruptella Zetterstedt, 1839
Callisto coffeella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Scotland to Ukraine.
The wingspan is 10-12 mm. There is one generation per year, with adults on wing in June.[2]
The larvae feed on Salix arbuscula, Salix phylicifolia and Salix silesiaca. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Young larvae make a distinctly folded lower-surface tentiform mine. After some time, this mine is vacated and the larva lives freely in a leaf margin that has been folded downwards and is secured with silk. In small leaves the two halves are simply spun together in a pod. Two of these leaf folds are made and eaten out.[3]
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