Marmara viburnella (Eiseman & Davis, 2017)

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily:

Identification:

Wing Span: ~0.6 cm

Life History: Eggs are deposited singly on viburnum leaves in early summer. The larva initially mines the leaf, then proceeds down the petiole and into the stem, where it completes development as a bark miner. In late spring, it cuts out a flap of bark at the end of its mine and spins its cocoon beneath this.

Flight: Adults emerge in late June and early July in Massachusetts.

Caterpillar Hosts: Adults have been reared from arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum); mines have been found on other viburnums including V. lantanoides, V. nudum, and V. rafinesquianum.

Adult Food:

Habitat:

Range: Adult specimens only known from Nantucket, MA; leaf and stem mines have been found from QC to LA, west to IL.

Conservation:

NCGR:

Management Needs:

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