Global InformationPorphyrosela desmodivora information
| Porphyrosela desmodivora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Porphyrosela |
| Species: | P. desmodivora
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| Binomial name | |
| Porphyrosela desmodivora de Prins, 2012
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Porphyrosela desmodivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in western Cameroon.[1]
The length of the forewings is 1.15–1.45 mm.[1] The forewing ground colour is greyish ochreous, speckled with brownish, dark grey rectangular dots with three costal and three dorsal dirty white strigulae.[1] The hindwings are brownish ochreous.[1] Adults are on wing in late April.[1]
The larvae feed on Desmodium adscendens.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f Jurate De Prins; Akito Y. Kawahara (20 December 2012). "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Zootaxa. 3594 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3594.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97576949.