Marmara fraxinicola
Encyclopedia
Marmara fraxinicola is a moth
of the Gracillariidae
family. It is known from Québec
and the United States
(Ohio, Vermont and New York).
There is one generation per year.
The larva
e feed on Fraxinus americana and Fraxinus pennsylvanica. They mine in the stem of their host plant. They mine above the ground level in the main stem and branches of the tree. They feed in the periderm, as it does when it occurs in the absence of congeners on white ash. The mine has the form of an extremely long serpentine mine in the twig, mainly on saplings or in rapidly growing shoots. The larva overwinters in the mine, resumes mining, and pupates in the spring in a broadened chamber at the end of the mine.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....
family. It is known from Québec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(Ohio, Vermont and New York).
There is one generation per year.
The larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e feed on Fraxinus americana and Fraxinus pennsylvanica. They mine in the stem of their host plant. They mine above the ground level in the main stem and branches of the tree. They feed in the periderm, as it does when it occurs in the absence of congeners on white ash. The mine has the form of an extremely long serpentine mine in the twig, mainly on saplings or in rapidly growing shoots. The larva overwinters in the mine, resumes mining, and pupates in the spring in a broadened chamber at the end of the mine.