Porphyrosela homotropha

Porphyrosela homotropha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Porphyrosela
Species:
P. homotropha
Binomial name
Porphyrosela homotropha
Vári, 1963[1]

Porphyrosela homotropha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia.[2]

The length of the forewings is 1.45 mm. Adults are on wing from November to January.[3]

The larvae feed on Glycine max and Vigna species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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