Marmara serotinella
Marmara serotinella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Marmara |
Species: | M. serotinella
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Binomial name | |
Marmara serotinella Busck, 1915
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Marmara serotinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Virginia and Maine in the United States.[1]
The larvae feed on Prunus serotina. They mine the branches of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long mine just under the epidermis of the branch.
References[]
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Gracillariinae
- Moths described in 1915
- Gracillariinae stubs