Marmara auratella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (Ohio and Maine).[1]
Marmara auratella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Marmara |
Species: | M. auratella
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Binomial name | |
Marmara auratella Braun, 1915
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The larvae feed on Dahlia species and Rudbeckia laciniata. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long serpentine mine on the stem.
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