Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Marmara apocynella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Marmara Rank Species | |
Marmara apocynella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Ohio and Maine in the United States.
The larvae feed on Apocynum cannabinum. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long whitish serpentine mine on the stem.
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