Gracillariidae

15.022 Apple Nymph Callisto denticulella (Thunberg, 1794)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 6mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, orchards and gardens.

Habits: There is often a partial autumn brood.

Foodplant: The larva forms a gallery mine on the upper side of an Apple leaf. The mine later becomes a blotch between the veins. The larva eventually inhabits two or three successive downward folds on the leaf margin. It pupates in a folded leaf edge in the leaf litter.