Porphyrosela teramni

Porphyrosela teramni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Porphyrosela
Species:	P. teramni
Binomial name
	Porphyrosela teramni; Vári, 1961

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

The length of the forewings is 2.09–2.18 mm. The forewing ground colour is golden ochreous. The hindwings are light fuscous. Adults are on wing from early November to mid-May.^[3]

The larvae feed on Teramnus species (including ) and Vigna species (including Vigna luteola). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, oblong, transparent, tentiform mine on underside of leaf.

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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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