Marmara serotinella

Marmara serotinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Marmara
Species: M. serotinella
Binomial name
Marmara serotinella
Busck, 1915

Marmara serotinella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Virginia and Maine in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Prunus serotina. They mine the branches of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long mine just under the epidermis of the branch.

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