Marmara fulgidella
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| Marmara fulgidella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Marmara |
| Species: | M. fulgidella |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmara fulgidella (Clemens, 1860) | |
Marmara fulgidella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (including Pennsylvania).[1]
The larvae feed on Castanea and Quercus species, including Quercus prinus. They mine trunks and branches of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long winding gallery just under the epidermis of young trunks and branches.
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