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Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

Phodoryctis dolichophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phodoryctis
Species:	P. dolichophila
Binomial name
Phodoryctis dolichophila (Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
Acrocercops dolichophila Vári, 1961

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.

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)

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