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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 » Marmara arbutiella - Hodges#0703 (Marmara arbutiella)

Species Marmara arbutiella - Hodges#0703

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Subfamily Marmarinae
Genus Marmara
Species arbutiella (Marmara arbutiella - Hodges#0703)
Hodges Number
0703
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Marmara arbutiella Busck, 1903
Phylogenetic sequence #020275
Range
Known from Canada, Oregon, Washington, and California (1)
Food
Larvae feed on Arbutus menziesii, Arbutus unedo and Arctostaphylos species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very long, irregular, winding, serpentine mine just under the upper epidermis of the leaf.(1)
Life Cycle
There are three behaviorally and morphologically distinct larval forms: (1)
Hypermetamorphic with 6-8 legless sap-feeding and two non-feeding, structurally differentiated instars. The early instars are legless sap feeders.
The first of the non-feeding instars never issues from the cuticle of the previous (feeding) instar.
The second non-feeding stage is a fully legged, with rudimentary feeding structures and a functional spinneret. Upon issuing from the mine, this instar spins a cocoon that is elaborately decorated with clusters pearly bubbles that are extruded from its anus and then individually attached to the exterior of the cocoon.
Print References
Wagner, D. L.; J. L. Loose; T. D. Fitzgerald; J. A. de Benedicts & D. R. Davis. (2000). A hidden past: the hypermetamorphic development of Marmara arbutiella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93:59-64. (Full Text)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – image of pinned adult (2)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (3)
Wikipedia - brief description (1)
Research Gate. A Hidden Past: the Hypermetamorphic Development of Marmara arbutiella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Life cycle
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 September, 2008 - 9:11pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 5 May, 2019 - 6:18pm

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