Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Marmara fulgidella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Marmara Rank Species | |
Marmara fulgidella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (including Pennsylvania).
The larvae feed on Castanea and Quercus species, including Quercus prinus. They mine trunks and branches of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long winding gallery just under the epidermis of young trunks and branches.
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