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Marmara (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Gracillariinae

Higher classification
  
Gracillariinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Marmara

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Gracillariidae, Butterflies and moths, Insect, Leaf blotch miner moth, Gracillarioidea

Marmara is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

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.

Correlated to Lithocolletis, but distinguished by the smooth head. Imago in repose sitting with forepart somewhat raised.

Species

  • Marmara affirmata (Meyrick, 1918)
  • Marmara apocynella Braun, 1915
  • Marmara arbutiella Busck, 1904
  • Marmara auratella Braun, 1915
  • Marmara basidendroca Fitzgerald, 1973
  • Marmara corticola Fitzgerald, 1973
  • Marmara elotella (Busck, 1909)
  • Marmara fasciella (Chambers, 1875)
  • Marmara fraxinicola Braun, 1922
  • Marmara fulgidella (Clemens, 1860)
  • Marmara guilandinella Busck, 1900
  • Marmara gulosa GuillĂ©n & Davis, 2001
  • Marmara habecki D.R. Davis, 2011
  • Marmara ischnotoma (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Marmara isortha (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Marmara leptodesma Meyrick, 1928
  • Marmara opuntiella Busck, 1907
  • Marmara oregonensis Fitzgerald, 1975
  • Marmara phaneropis (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Marmara pomonella Busck, 1915
  • Marmara salictella Clemens, 1863
  • Marmara serotinella Busck, 1915
  • Marmara smilacisella (Chambers, 1875)

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