Callisto pfaffenzelleri

Callisto pfaffenzelleri
Callisto pfaffenzelleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Callisto
Species: C. pfaffenzelleri
Binomial name
Callisto pfaffenzelleri
(Frey, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix pfaffenzelleri Frey, 1856

Callisto pfaffenzelleri is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Alps and Slovenia.

The larvae feed on Amelanchier, Cotoneaster integerrimus and Sorbus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts near the leaf margin. From there, it develops into a small lower-surface tentiform mine with only weak folds. Older larvae live freely under a leaf margin that has been folded upwards, sometimes also between spun leaves.[2]

Referenced

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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