Marmara smilacisella

Marmara smilacisella
Larva and leaf mines
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Marmara
Species:
M. smilacisella
Binomial name
Marmara smilacisella
(Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Phyllocnistis smilacisella Chambers, 1875
  • Marmara similiacicella Dyar, [1903]
  • Marmara smilaciella Meyrick, 1912

Marmara smilacisella is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (Kentucky and Ohio south to Florida and Texas).[1]

The larvae feed on Smilax glabra, Smilax glauca and Smilax hispida.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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