Marmara elotella

Marmara elotella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Marmara
Species:
M. elotella
Binomial name
Marmara elotella
(Busck, 1909)

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.[1]

The larvae feed on Pyrus and Malus species, including Malus pumila and Malus sylvestris. They mine the twigs of their host plant. The larvae are sap feeders.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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