Jump to content

Marmara habecki

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marmara habecki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Marmara
Species:
M. habecki
Binomial name
Marmara habecki
D.R. Davis, 2011

Marmara habecki is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Florida, United States.

The larvae feed on Schinus terebinthifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Davis, D.R. , F. Mc Kay , M. Oleiro, Marcelo Diniz Vitorino & G.S. Wheeler, 2011: Biology and systematics of the leafmining Gracillariidae of Brazilian Pepper Tree, Schinus terebinthifolus Raddi, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 65 (2): 61-93.