Moths of North Carolina
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Marmara apocynella Braun, 1915 - No Common Name

Marmara apocynellaMarmara apocynella
Taxonomy
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Gracillarioidea		 Family:
Gracillariidae		Subfamily:
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[Gracillariini]		P3 Number:
33a0384		 MONA Number:
702.00
Comments: The genus Marmara contains 19 described species from North America and numerous undescribed species. Most species are monophagous, and the mines have been found on over 80 North American plant genera that belong to 40 families (Eiseman et al., 2017). Given the small number of described species relative to the large number of hosts, there appear to be dozens of undescribed species in the US. Many of the species are difficult to rear and are only known from leaf or stem mines. North Carolina appears to have numerous undescribed species based on host preferences and mine characteristics. We have included forms that we believe are probably undescribed species (ca. 30) and have listed these by their host plants. We encourage individual to submit any leaf or stem mines that they find based on the plant hosts in order to better document the distribution and relative abundance of these forms in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Marmara apocynellaAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on dogbanes (Apocynum spp.), including Hemp Dogbane (A. cannabinum) (Eiseman, 2022). In North Carolina, Tracy Feldman has recorded a mine on an unknown dogbane species. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Open Apocynaceous Forblands
Status in North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR [S1S2]
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Photos: 3
Marmara apocynellaRecorded by: David George on 2023-04-05
Durham Co.
Comment: Collected in 15W UV bucket trap in backyard of urban residential neighborhood. On close examination, it seems to be a good match to Braun's description and Charley Eiseman's specimen photo. But there are known to be multiple undescribed Marmara species around the state, so this identification is tentative until we can confirm it by rearing an individual from a mine. Specimen is 3 mm in length.		Marmara apocynellaRecorded by: David George on 2023-04-05
Durham Co.
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Marmara apocynellaRecorded by: David George on 2023-04-05
Durham Co.
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