- Marmara fulgidella
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Marmara fulgidella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Gracillariidae Genus: Marmara Species: M. fulgidella Binomial name Marmara fulgidella
(Clemens, 1860)Marmara fulgidella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (including Pennsylvania).[1]
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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