Marmara apocynella
Species of moth
Marmara apocynella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Marmara |
Species: | M. apocynella |
Binomial name | |
Marmara apocynella Braun, 1915 |
Marmara apocynella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ohio and Maine in the United States.[1]
The larvae feed on Apocynum cannabinum. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long whitish serpentine mine on the stem.
References
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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