Callisto coffeella

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Callisto coffeella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Callisto
Species:
C. coffeella
Binomial name
Callisto coffeella
(Zetterstedt, 1839) [1]
Synonyms
  • Oecophora interruptellaZetterstedt, 1839
  • Oecophora coffeella Zeller, 1839
  • Annickia alpicolaGibeaux, 1990

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

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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.

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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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