Marmara opuntiella

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Marmara opuntiella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Marmara
Species:
M. opuntiella
Binomial name
Marmara opuntiella
Busck, 1907

Marmara opuntiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Texas in the United States and from Mexico. [1] 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.

The larvae feed on Nopalea and Opuntia species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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