Species Porphyrosela desmodiella - Hodges#843

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Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Porphyrosela desmodiella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Gracillarioidea

Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Genus Porphyrosela

Species desmodiella (Porphyrosela desmodiella - Hodges#843)

Hodges Number

843

Food

This moth is a tiny gracillariid called Porphyrosela desmodiella; it is the only described North American species in this genus. The larva makes a tentiform leaf mine on the underside of the leaflet of a number of different species of legumes (i.e., plants in the family Fabaceae), including Lespedeza capitata and Desmodium spp. (after which the moth is named). … Terry Harrison, 17 June, 2008

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 17 June, 2008 - 1:50pm

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