Marmara elotella

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

The Apple barkminer (Marmara elotella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine and Virginia).[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.

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