Callisto pfaffenzelleri is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Alps and Slovenia.
Callisto pfaffenzelleri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Callisto |
Species: | C. pfaffenzelleri |
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Callisto pfaffenzelleri (Frey, 1856)[1] | |
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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]
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