Porphyrosela aglaozona

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Porphyrosela aglaozona
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Porphyrosela
Species:
P. aglaozona
Binomial name
Porphyrosela aglaozona
(Meyrick, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis aglaozona Meyrick, 1882
  • Porphyrosela agaozoma (Neale, 1995)

Porphyrosela aglaozona is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known in Australia in the states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria and on Fiji.[2]

The larvae feed on Desmodium, Glycine, Kennedia (including Kennedia rubicunda) and Phaseolus species (including Phaseolus atropurpureus, Phaseolus vulgaris and Pueraria montana). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the a tentiform shape.

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