Global InformationPorphyrosela homotropha information
| Porphyrosela homotropha | |
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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. 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.
- ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)