Phodoryctis dolichophila
Phodoryctis dolichophila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phodoryctis |
Species: | P. dolichophila |
Binomial name | |
Phodoryctis dolichophila (Vári, 1961)[1] | |
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Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Mauritius.[2]
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.
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