Dendrorycter marmaroides

Dendrorycter marmaroides is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is primarily found in Hokkaidō island of Japan.[2]

Dendrorycter marmaroides
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D. marmaroides
Binomial name
Dendrorycter marmaroides
Kumata, 1978[1]

The wingspan is 7-8.8 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus japonica. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long linear mine, just beneath the surface along the axis of the young stem or branch.

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