Phodoryctis dolichophila

Phodoryctis dolichophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phodoryctis
Species:	P. dolichophila
Binomial name
	Phodoryctis dolichophila; (Vári, 1961)
Synonyms
	Acrocercops dolichophila Vári, 1961 ;

Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.^[2]

The larvae feed on and Vigna species, including Vigna unguiculata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, more or less rounded, transparent or semi-transparent blotch mine.

References[]

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (http://www.gracillariidae.net) (acc.30-Dec-2016)
^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (http://www.gracillariidae.net) (acc.30-Dec-2016)

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (http://www.gracillariidae.net) (acc.30-Dec-2016)

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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