Marmara oregonensis

Marmara oregonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Marmara
Species:	M. oregonensis
Binomial name
Marmara oregonensis Fitzgerald, 1975

Marmara oregonensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (Oregon).^[1]

The larvae feed on Abies grandis and Pseudotsuga menziesii. They mine the stem of their host plant. It mines the smooth bark surfaces. The mines are formed in the living periderm of the host causing superficial injury to the tree.^[2]

References

1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
2. ^ A New Species of Bark-Mining Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Douglas-fir

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