Marmara arbutiella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Marmara |
Species: | M. arbutiella |
Binomial name | |
Marmara arbutiella Busck, 1904 | |
Marmara arbutiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States (Oregon, Washington and California). [1]
The larvae feed on Arbutus menziesii , Arbutus unedo and Arctostaphylos species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. [2]
Arbutus is a genus of 12 accepted species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe, the Canary Islands and North America, and commonly called madrones or strawberry trees. The name Arbutus was taken by taxonomists from Latin, where it referred to the species now designated Arbutus unedo.
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Marmara is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Marmara salictella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, Virginia, California and the Atlantic states of the United States.
Marmara gulosa, the citrus peelminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California, Arizona, Texas and Florida in the United States and from Cuba.
Phyllonorycter arbutusella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California, United States.
Marmara affirmata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Peru.
Marmara leptodesma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the New Mexico and Texas in the United States.
Marmara basidendroca is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the New York, United States.
Marmara corticola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and New York and Vermont, in the United States.
Marmara fraxinicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Ohio, Vermont and New York in the United States.
Marmara apocynella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ohio and Maine in the United States.
Marmara serotinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Virginia and Maine in the United States.
Marmara oregonensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Oregon, United States.
Marmara opuntiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Texas in the United States and from Mexico. There are records of similar larvae with identical habits from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Peru and Venezuela, and these may also refer to this species.
Marmara fulgidella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States.
Marmara fasciella, the white pine barkminer moth, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Québec, Canada, and Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Vermont and Maine in the United States.
Marmara elotella, the apple barkminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine and Virginia in the United States.
Marmara smilacisella is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.