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Genus Porphyrosela

unknown micro - Porphyrosela minuta Pelham road Durham NC leaf miner on Trifolium repens 2015 4 - Porphyrosela minuta St. Andrews leaf miner on Centrosema virginianum SA488 2016 3 - Porphyrosela desmodiella Porphyrosela minuta Gracillariidae on Round-headed Bush Clover - Porphyrosela desmodiella Oak Island leaf miner on Strophostyles helvola D3773 2022 3 - Porphyrosela desmodiella Porphyrosela Porphyrosela minuta? - Porphyrosela minuta
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Subfamily Lithocolletinae
Genus Porphyrosela
Numbers
Two species in North America
Food
Larvae mine leaves of legumes (Fabaceae)
Print References
Eiseman, Charles S., Tracy S. Feldman, Eric F. LoPresti, and Michael W. Palmer. 2017. First North American records of Porphyrosela minuta Clarke (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with notes on its native congener, P. desmodiella (Clemens). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119(1):18-23.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 17 June, 2008 - 1:49pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 14 February, 2017 - 3:57pm

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