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Marmara apocynella

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Species of moth

Marmara apocynella
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Marmara apocynella


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