Porphyrosela hardenbergiella

Porphyrosela hardenbergiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand,[1] but may be adventive, since the host plant is Australian. The colony known to Wise has been destroyed since its discovery.[2]

Porphyrosela hardenbergiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Porphyrosela
Species:
P. hardenbergiella
Binomial name
Porphyrosela hardenbergiella
(Wise, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis hardenbergiella Wise, 1957

The larvae feed on Hardenbergia species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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