Marmara gulosa Guillén and Davis
M. salictella Clemens
Caloptilia perseae (Busck)
Phyllocnistis
A new avocado pest in Central America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with a key to Lepidoptera larvae threatening avocados in California
Gilligan, Todd M.
Brown, John W.
Hoddle, Mark S.
Zootaxa
2011
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8V5DV
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Insecta
Gracillariidae
Caloptilia
Animalia
Lepidoptera
10
41
Arthropoda
genus
Marmara gulosaGuillén and Davis, the citrus peelminer, has been reported as a pest of avocado in California ( Waite and Barrera 2002; as M. salictellaClemens). Larvae cause damage by mining the surface of fruit, causing significant scarring, and they may also mine shoots and leaves ( Guillén et al.2001, Waite and Barrera 2002). Caloptilia perseae(Busck)is considered a pest of avocado in México, where larvae mine leaves but rarely cause significant damage ( Wysoki et al.2002). Davis and Wagner (2011)described several new species of Phyllocnistisfrom Central Americaand the southeastern U.S.that mine leaves of avocado; none of these species are recorded from California.