Phodoryctis dolichophila
Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
| Phodoryctis dolichophila | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phodoryctis |
| Species: | P. dolichophila |
| Binomial name | |
| Phodoryctis dolichophila (Vári, 1961)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Dolichos trilobus and Vigna species, including Vigna unguiculata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, more or less rounded, transparent or semi-transparent blotch mine.
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