Porphyrosela homotropha

Porphyrosela homotropha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Porphyrosela
Species:	P. homotropha
Binomial name
	Porphyrosela homotropha; Vári, 1963

Porphyrosela homotropha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 1.45 mm. The forewing ground colour is yellow ochreous and shiny, irrorated with black scales. The hindwings are dark grey. 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. The mine is made on the upperside of the leaf. It is thick and protruding and greenish marmored at the underside. At the last stage, the mine becomes completely transparent. In most cases, the larvae live gregariously within the mine.

References[]

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[1] Afrotropical Gracillariidae

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

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