Porphyrosela homotropha

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

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

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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