Marmara oregonensis

Marmara oregonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Marmara
Species:	M. oregonensis
Binomial name
	Marmara oregonensis; Fitzgerald, 1975

Marmara oregonensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Oregon, United States.^[1]

The larvae feed on Abies grandis and Pseudotsuga menziesii. They mine the stem of their host plant. It mines the smooth bark surfaces. The mines are formed in the living periderm of the host causing superficial injury to the tree.^[2]

References

^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ A New Species of Bark-Mining Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Douglas-fir

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[1] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] A New Species of Bark-Mining Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Douglas-fir

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