''Phodoryctis dolichophila'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from
South Africa and
Zimbabwe.
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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The larvae feed on '' Dolichos trilobus'' and '' Vigna'' species, including '' Vigna unguiculata''. They mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, more or less rounded, transparent or semi-transparent blotch mine.
References
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (http://www.gracillariidae.net) (acc.30-Dec-2016)
Acrocercopinae
Moths of Africa
Moths described in 1961
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