Marmara arbutiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States (Oregon, Washington and California).[1]

Marmara arbutiella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Marmara
Species:
M. arbutiella
Binomial name
Marmara arbutiella
Busck, 1904

The larvae feed on Arbutus menziesii, Arbutus unedo and Arctostaphylos species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Wagner, David L.; Loose, Jennifer L.; Fitzgerald, T. D.; De Benedictis, J. A.; Davis, Donald R. (2000). "A Hidden Past: the Hypermetamorphic Development of Marmara arbutiella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93 (1): 59–64. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0059:AHPTHD]2.0.CO;2.
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