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