Marmara auratella

Marmara auratella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Marmara
Species: M. auratella
Binomial name
Marmara auratella
Braun, 1915

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

The larvae feed on Dahlia species and Rudbeckia laciniata. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long serpentine mine on the stem.

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