Marmara auratella: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gracillariidae
Genus
Marmara
Species
Marmara auratella
Scientific Name
Marmara auratella

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Marmara auratella

Marmara auratella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (Ohio and Maine).

The larvae feed on Dahlia species and Rudbeckia laciniata. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long serpentine mine on the stem.

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