Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Phodoryctis dolichophila | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phodoryctis Rank Species | |
Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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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