''Marmara'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Camerar ...
.
The head is smooth, antennae four-fifths to one, basal joint thick, with slight pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, slender, with appressed scales, pointed. Maxillary palpi 3 absent, 4 absent, 6 absent, 8 absent, 11 absent. Hindwings about one-half, linear-canceolate, cilia: 3 absent, 4 absent, 5 and 6 stalked.
[ enera insectorum Meyrick, in: Genera insectorum fasc. 128. P:12/ref>
Correlated to '' Lithocolletis'', but distinguished by the smooth head.
Imago in repose sitting with forepart somewhat raised.
]
Species
*'' Marmara affirmata'' (Meyrick, 1918)
*'' Marmara apocynella'' Braun, 1915
*'' Marmara arbutiella'' Busck, 1904
*'' Marmara auratella'' Braun, 1915
*'' Marmara basidendroca'' Fitzgerald, 1973
*'' Marmara corticola'' Fitzgerald, 1973
*'' Marmara elotella'' (Busck, 1909)
*'' Marmara fasciella'' (Chambers, 1875)
*'' Marmara fraxinicola'' Braun, 1922
*'' Marmara fulgidella'' (Clemens, 1860)
*'' Marmara guilandinella'' Busck, 1900
*'' Marmara gulosa'' Guillén & Davis, 2001
*'' Marmara habecki'' D.R. Davis, 2011
*'' Marmara ischnotoma'' (Meyrick, 1915)
*''Marmara isortha
''Marmara isortha'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Guyana, Brazil and India.
The larvae feed on ''Theobroma cacao
''Theobroma cacao'', also called the cacao tree and the cocoa tree, is a small ( tall) evergreen tr ...
'' (Meyrick, 1915)
*'' Marmara leptodesma'' Meyrick, 1928
*'' Marmara opuntiella'' Busck, 1907
*'' Marmara oregonensis'' Fitzgerald, 1975
*'' Marmara phaneropis'' (Meyrick, 1915)
*'' Marmara pomonella'' Busck, 1915
*''Marmara salictella
''Marmara salictella'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, Virginia, California and the Atlantic states of the United States.
The larvae feed on ''Salix'' species, includin ...
'' Clemens, 1863
*'' Marmara serotinella'' Busck, 1915
*'' Marmara smilacisella'' (Chambers, 1875)
References
External links
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Marmarinae
Gracillarioidea genera
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