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Phodoryctis dolichophila

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Phodoryctis dolichophila
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops dolichophila Vári, 1961

Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

The larvae feed on Dolichos trilobus and Vigna species, including Vigna unguiculata.

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