| Marmara | |
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| Marmara salictella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Subfamily: | Marmarinae |
| Genus: | Marmara Clemens, 1863 |
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Marmara is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
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The head is smooth, antennae four-fifths to one, basal joint thick, with slight pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, slender, with appressed scales, pointed. Maxillary palpi 3 absent, 4 absent, 6 absent, 8 absent, 11 absent. Hindwings about one-half, linear-canceolate, cilia: 3 absent, 4 absent, 5 and 6 stalked. [1]
Correlated to Lithocolletis , but distinguished by the smooth head. Imago in repose sitting with forepart somewhat raised.
