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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Marmarinae » Marmara » Citrus Peelminer - Hodges#0718.1 (Marmara gulosa)
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Mystery Orange Mine - Marmara gulosa
Copyright © 2013 Even Dankowicz

Mystery Orange Mine - Marmara gulosa
December 9, 2013
Found this in the fridge...
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Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 18 December, 2013 - 9:19pm
Last updated 20 December, 2013 - 9:15am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
I removed the location data (Champaign Co., Illinois), because the moth surely did not originate there.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 December, 2013 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

Marmara gulosa
This probably is larval damage of the citrus peelminer, Marmara gulosa (Gracillariidae); info here. According to the info here, the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella (Phyllocnistidae), usually feeds as a larva on the leaves of its host but also occasionally mines the surface of the fruit; however, the mine of P. citrella contains a central line of frass, not seen in this photo.
… Terry Harrison, 19 December, 2013 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

 
Would more images help to con
Would more images help to confirm? I took a variety of angles of the mine, and the guide lacks images of the mine of Marmara gulosa.
… Even Dankowicz, 19 December, 2013 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

 
More photos
Of the two lep spp. mentioned in my previous post, this definitely would be Marmara gulosa, not Phyllocnistis citrella.
… Terry Harrison, 19 December, 2013 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! I'll conclude then th
Thanks! I'll conclude then that this is probably M. gulosa,.
… Even Dankowicz, 19 December, 2013 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

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