Biology:Porphyrosela dismochrysa

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Short description: Species of moth

Porphyrosela dismochrysa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Porphyrosela
Species:
P. dismochrysa
Binomial name
Porphyrosela dismochrysa
(Lower, 1897)[1]
Synonyms
  • (Tepper, 1899) Lower, 1897
  • Lithocolletis desmochrysa Lithocolletis dismochrysa
  • Turner, 1940 Porphyrosela nigricansella

Porphyrosela dismochrysa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Australian states of New South Wales and South Australia.[2]

The larvae feed on Hardenbergia species (including Hardenbergia ovata), Kennedia nigricans and Meibomia viridiflora. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

This species was first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1897.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7230344 entry