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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 » White Pine Barkminer Moth - Hodges#0708 (Marmara fasciella)

Species Marmara fasciella - White Pine Barkminer Moth - Hodges#0708

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 fasciella (White Pine Barkminer Moth - Hodges#0708)
Hodges Number
0708
Explanation of Names
Author: Chambers, 1875
Season
Adults are on wing from May to early July. a
Food
Pinus strobus. (1)
Life Cycle
Larvae mine the bark of their host plant. The larvae make long, linear mines in the bark of the trunk and branches. The cocoon is spun under loose bark at the end of the mine. a
Pupation occurs in late spring.(2)
Overwinter as larvae in the mine.(2)
Internet References
Species page at Moth Photographers Group
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Note On Marmara fasciella Chambers
De Gryse, J. 1943. The Canadian Entomologist, 75(2), 40-40.
2.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 October, 2009 - 6:32pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, George Smiley, Marci Hess
Last updated 3 September, 2023 - 2:24pm

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