Phodoryctis dolichophila

Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

Phodoryctis dolichophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phodoryctis
Species:
P. dolichophila
Binomial name
Phodoryctis dolichophila
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops dolichophila Vári, 1961

The larvae feed on Dolichos trilobus and Vigna species, including Vigna unguiculata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, more or less rounded, transparent or semi-transparent blotch mine.

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (http://www.gracillariidae.net) (acc.30-Dec-2016)
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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