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
VĂ¡ri, 1961[1]

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

The larvae feed on Teramnus species (including Teramnus labialis) 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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