Marmara apocynella

Marmara apocynella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ohio and Maine in the United States.[1]

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

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.

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