Callisto coffeella

Callisto coffeella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Callisto
Species:
C. coffeella
Binomial name
Callisto coffeella
Synonyms
  • Oecophora interruptella Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Oecophora coffeella Zeller, 1839
  • Annickia alpicola Gibeaux, 1990

Callisto coffeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae found in Europe. It was first described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839.

Description

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. There is one generation per year, with adults on wing in June.[2]

The larvae feed on mountain willow (Salix arbuscula), tea-leaved willow (Salix phylicifolia), and Salix silesiaca, mining the leaves of their host plant.[3]

Distribution

The moth is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Scotland to Ukraine.

References

  1. ^ "Callisto coffeella (Zetterstedt, 1839)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ^ "The Moths of Suffolk". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  3. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2010-11-04.

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