Food Plant: Salix myrsinifolia (dark-leaved Willow), S.phylicifolia (tea-leaved Willow), possibly other Salix species

Egg: laid under the leaf

Mine: July-August

Notes: A rare montane species. First discovered in Scotland in 1983. Feeds initially in an epidermal mine then folds the leaf down into a pod (as shown). Mine shown on Salix myrsinifolia (dark-leaved Willow).

National Status: pRDB1

Bradley No: 310a

Data: 28.vii.2024, Angus, VC90, Scotland

Image:© Patrick Cook

References:
Bland KP (1993) - The status of Callisto coffeella (Zetterstedt, 1839)(Lepidoptera:Gracillariidae) in Scotland, Entomologist's Gazette 44, 14-18