Porphyrosela aglaozona

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Porphyrosela aglaozona
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Porphyrosela
Species:
P. aglaozona
Binomial name
Porphyrosela aglaozona
(Meyrick, 1882) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis aglaozonaMeyrick, 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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<i>Kennedia nigricans</i> Species of legume

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<i>Kennedia coccinea</i> Species of legume

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<i>Kennedia rubicunda</i> Species of legume

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Acrocercops laciniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. In Australia, it is known from the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. It is also known from India and has recently been found in New Zealand.

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

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<i>Phodoryctis caerulea</i> Species of moth

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