Porphyrosela desmodiella (Clemens, 1859)

Prins, Jurate De, Brito, Rosângela & Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires, 2016, An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids, Zootaxa 4158 (1), pp. 1-51 : 43

Porphyrosela desmodiella (Clemens, 1859)

" L.[ithocolletis] Desmodiella ."—Clemens, B. 1859. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of

Philadelphia [1859]: 319, 320.

Type locality: U.S.A., vii–viii, leg. B. Clemens.

Type specimens: Not stated, "three types", ANSP (Busck 1903: 187); 3 Syntypes ex coll. Clemens, ex coll.

Stainton, BMNH.

Synonym(s):

Porphyrosela gregariella (Murtfeldt, 1881)

" Lithocolletis gregariella "—Murtfeldt, M.E. 1881: 245–246. Type specimens not stated. A junior subjective synonym of Lithocolletis desmodiella Clemens, 1859 , synonymized by Walsingham (1883: 202).

Distribution: Cuba (Busck [1934]: 171), Virgin Islands: Saint Thomas (Walsingham 1897: 146). Larval hostplant(s): Fabaceae : Bradburya sp. (Busck [1934]: 171), Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth.

(Walsingham 1897: 146).

Note : for host plant records in the Nearctic Region please consult (De Prins & De Prins 2016). DNA : BOLD GBGL16075-14; Genbank KJ746721 , KJ657587 (reference is not available in BOLD).