Callisto coffeella
Species of moth
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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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Callisto |
| Species: | C. coffeella |
| Binomial name | |
| Callisto coffeella (Zetterstedt, 1839)[1] | |
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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]
