Explanation of Names
Authors: Eiseman & Davis, 2017
Range
Adult specimens only known from Nantucket, MA; leaf and stem mines have been found from QC to LA, west to IL.
Food
Adults have been reared from arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum); mines have been found on other viburnums including V. lantanoides, V. nudum, and V. rafinesquianum.
Life Cycle
Eggs are deposited singly on viburnum leaves in early summer. The larva initially mines the leaf, then proceeds down the petiole and into the stem, where it completes development as a bark miner. In late spring, it cuts out a flap of bark at the end of its mine and spins its cocoon beneath this. Adults emerge in late June and early July in Massachusetts.
Print References
Eiseman, Charles S., Donald R. Davis, Julia A. Blyth, David L. Wagner, Michael W. Palmer, and Tracy S. Feldman. 2017. A new species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Marmarinae), with an annotated list of known hostplants for the genus. Zootaxa 4337(2):198-222.
Contributed by
Charley Eiseman on 17 October, 2017 - 11:00pm
Additional contributions by
Steve NanzLast updated 29 August, 2018 - 4:11am
