Porphyrosela hardenbergiella
| Porphyrosela hardenbergiella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Porphyrosela |
| Species: | P. hardenbergiella
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| Binomial name | |
| Porphyrosela hardenbergiella (Wise, 1957)
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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] This species was last collected in New Zealand in 1955 but as at 2019 was still not known from Australia.[3]
The larvae feed on Hardenbergia species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Fauna of New Zealand - Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa
- ^ a b Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865 (865): 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.
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