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Marmara fasciella - White Pine Barkminer Moth - Hodges#0708 - Marmara
Copyright © 2020 A. Hendrickson

Marmara fasciella - White Pine Barkminer Moth - Hodges#0708 - Marmara
1.3 Miles NW of Campwood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
April 9, 2020
The name would fool you. The host plant is an Oak, and I definitely have several species of Oak.

This is a first for Texas and was REALLY hard to get to pose so that I could identify it.

4/16/2020 - Tentative ID per comments by George Smiley. Sending it to BOLD before moving it elsewhere.

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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 16 April, 2020 - 9:15am
Last updated 18 August, 2020 - 12:17pm

Moved
Moved from White Pine Barkminer Moth.
… A. Hendrickson, 18 August, 2020 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

Caution
The only verified host plant is Pinus strobus. Or at least that is the only one listed by Eiseman at al. in their comprehensive table at the end of their paper describing Marmara viburnella.

See also:
http://www.gracillariidae.net/species/show/1846
… George Smiley, 16 April, 2020 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you George. I am sending to BOLD and there is plenty of DNA for them to straighten this out. Am adding TENTATIVE to my placement per your comments, but the information page includes Quercus.
… A. Hendrickson, 16 April, 2020 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Fixed
The guide page quoted a Wikipedia page that has no reference for the host plant information, an illustration of the adult that looks to be another species, an illustration of the larva that also looks incorrect, and an illustration of the larva on a European shrub. The host plant information likely came from HOSTS which is also quite useful, but not always accurate. Changed the guide to reference the original article by De Gryse which doesn't list Quercus. If you can find the article that does please let me know as I was unable to.

Good to hear you are sending one to BOLD, but I am curious as how you go about doing that.
… George Smiley, 16 April, 2020 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
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Bold submissions are a long topic better explained in an e-mail which you can get from my user page if you are seriously interested.

Glad you corrected the page.
… A. Hendrickson, 16 April, 2020 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

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