Marmara guilandinella

Marmara guilandinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Florida, United States.[1]

Marmara guilandinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Marmara
Species:
M. guilandinella
Binomial name
Marmara guilandinella
Busck, 1900

The wingspan is about 4.8 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Caesalpinia bonduc. They mine the twigs of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very long, narrow, irregular serpentine, going upward or downward very near the surface just under the epidermis in the twig. The larva is very flat, much incised between the segments, tapering backward. At maturity it assumes a wine-red coloration of transverse bands. The cocoon is white and spun outside the mine.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. New species of moths of the superfamily Tineina from Florida


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