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Gracillariidae
33a0366 – 0843   Porphyrosela desmodiella (Clemens, 1859)
Distribution Data for Porphyrosela desmodiella
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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • desmodiella (Clemens, 1859) (Lithocolletis) - MONA 1983: 0843
  • gregariella (Murtfeldt, 1881) (Lithocolletis)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Braun, A.F., 1908. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 34: 348.
    • Clemens, B., 1859. Contribution to American Lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 11: 320.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Microleps.org
    Porphyrosela desmodiella
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    Porphyrosela desmodiella
    © J. Merrill Lynch
    Porphyrosela desmodiella
    LG – © McGuire Center Coll.
    Porphyrosela desmodiella
    © Microleps.org
    Porphyrosela desmodiella
    © George Smiley LG
    in a leaf blotch under Strophostyles helvola - 4mm
    Porphyrosela desmodiella
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    prepupal - 3mm
    Porphyrosela desmodiella
    © George Smiley LG
    3mm

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