Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001

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Permalink:	MARMGULO
Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Phyllocnistinae (subfamily)/  Marmarini (tribe)/  Marmara (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Guillén & Davis, 2001
Citation:	Marmara gulosa Guillén and Davis, new species
Original genus:	Marmara
Publication:	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
Volume:	103
Issue:	3
Pagination:	638–651, figs 3, 5–7, 11–46
Name(English):	citrus peelminer

Marmara gulosa (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Holotype	♂	USNM	Holotype ♂ USNM	United States, US	U.S.A., California, Riverside Co.[unty], Oasis Ranch, 14 km S of Coachella.
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Paratype	♂	USNM	Paratypes 13♂ and 16♀, plus larvae and pupae, USNM, UCR.	United States, US	U.S.A., California, Riverside Co.[unty], Oasis Ranch, 14 km S of Coachella.

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GenBank Accession Number	Publication
AF280424	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF280425	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF280426	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF280427	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF280428	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF280429	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF280430	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF284564	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF284565	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF284566	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF284567	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF284568	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF284569	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.
AF284570	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Cuba		Chong, A. & La Rosa, J. 1986. El minador de los frutos, una nueva plaga de los citricos en Cuba.
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Mexico		Guillén, M., Luck, R. F. & Heraty, J. M. 2007. Preferred host stages, clutch size, and sex allocation by Cirrospilus coachellae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of the citrus peelminer Marmara gulosa (Lep.: Gracillariidae) with a view to its rearing and release as a biological control agent. page 264
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	United States, US	Texas	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 636
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	United States, US	Florida	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 636
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	United States, US	Arizona	Anonymous 1960. A peelminer (Marmara salictella).
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	United States, US	California	Atkins, E. L. 1961. Citrus peel miner.

Plant note:

This species mines in leaves and fresh new shoots of Nerium oleander (Eiseman 2025: 1894).

Eiseman, C. S. 2025. Leafminers of North America – 3rd Edition.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Capsicum annuum	Solanaceae	United States, US	Eiseman, C. S. 2025. Leafminers of North America – 3rd Edition. page 1958
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Citrullus vulgaris	Cucurbitaceae	United States, US	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 637, 646
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Citrus paradisi	Rutaceae	United States, US	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 637, 646
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Datura innoxia	Solanaceae	United States, US	Eiseman, C. S. 2025. Leafminers of North America – 3rd Edition. page 1959
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Gossypium hirsutum	Malvaceae	United States, US	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 637, 646
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Ipomoea hederacea	Convolvulaceae	United States, US	Eiseman, C. S. 2025. Leafminers of North America – 3rd Edition. page 1952
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Ipomoea purpurea	Convolvulaceae	United States, US	Eiseman, C. S. 2025. Leafminers of North America – 3rd Edition. page 1952
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Nerium oleander	Apocynaceae	United States, US	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 637, 646
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Persea americana	Lauraceae	United States, US	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 637, 646
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Prosopis sp.	Fabaceae	United States, US	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 637, 646
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Salix lasiolepis	Salicaceae	United States, US	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 637, 646
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Trachelospermum jasminoides	Apocynaceae	United States, US	Eiseman, C. S. 2025. Leafminers of North America – 3rd Edition. page 1894
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Vitis vinifera	Vitaceae	United States, US	Guillén, M., Davis, D. R. & Heraty, J. M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. page 637, 646

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Cirrospilus coachellae	Eulophidae		Gates, M. W. 2000. A new species of Cirrospilus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from the southwestern United States and Mexico. page 58
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Closterocerus utahensis	Eulophidae		Guillén, M., Heraty, J. M. & Luck, R. F. 2003. Seasonal variation and infestation incidence by Marmara gulosa (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on grapefruit in the Coachela Valley, California. page 579
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Hadrotrichodes waukheon	Eulophidae		Kirkland, C. A., Burks, R. A., Headrick, D. H. & Heraty, J. 2009. A review of Hadrotrichodes waukheon Lasalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): a possible biological control agent of Marmara gulosa Guillen & Davis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in San Joaquin Valley citrus. page 7
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Hemiptarsenus sp.	Eulophidae		Guillén, M., Heraty, J. M. & Luck, R. F. 2003. Seasonal variation and infestation incidence by Marmara gulosa (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on grapefruit in the Coachela Valley, California. page 579
Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis, 2001	Pnigalio coloni	Eulophidae		page Noyes – Internet

Marmara gulosa (1)

Marmara gulosa (2)

Marmara gulosa (3)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination