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Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953

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Higher taxa: Gracillariidae (family)/  Lithocolletinae (subfamily)/  Porphyrosela (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Clarke, 1953
Citation:Porphyrosela minuta, new species
Original genus:Porphyrosela
Publication:Clarke, J. F. G. 1953a. A new Porphyrosela from Argentina (Gracillariidae; Lepidoptera).
Journal:Acta Zoologica Lilloana
Volume:13
Issue:
Pagination:69–70
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 Holotype USNM Holotype ♂, nr. 61476, USNM Argentina Argentina, Buenos Aires, Tigre, i.1951.
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 Paratype USNM Paratypes 4♀, USNM. Argentina Argentina, Buenos Aires, Tigre, i.1951.

DNA voucher(s)
LNOUD830-12  LNOUD806-12  GMGSX014-13  GMRDM044-18  MNAM1114-16  MNAM1115-16 

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 Argentina Bourquin, F. 1951. Cuatro notas sobre metamorfosis de Microlepidópteros. I. "Aristotelia perplexa" Clarke II. "Parastega hemisigna" Clarke III. "Porphyrosella sp." IV." Darlia praetexta" Clarke. page 513
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 United States, US Louisiana Eiseman, C. S., Feldman, T. S., LoPresti, E. & Palmer, M. W. 2017a. First North American records of Porphyrosela minuta Clarke (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with notes on its native congener, P. desmodiella (Clemens). page 21
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 United States, US Oklahoma Eiseman, C. S., Feldman, T. S., LoPresti, E. & Palmer, M. W. 2017a. First North American records of Porphyrosela minuta Clarke (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with notes on its native congener, P. desmodiella (Clemens). page 21
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 United States, US North Carolina Eiseman, C. S., Feldman, T. S., LoPresti, E. & Palmer, M. W. 2017a. First North American records of Porphyrosela minuta Clarke (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with notes on its native congener, P. desmodiella (Clemens). page 21
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 United States, US Maryland Eiseman, C. S., Feldman, T. S., LoPresti, E. & Palmer, M. W. 2017a. First North American records of Porphyrosela minuta Clarke (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with notes on its native congener, P. desmodiella (Clemens). page 21
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 United States, US California Eiseman, C. S., Feldman, T. S., LoPresti, E. & Palmer, M. W. 2017a. First North American records of Porphyrosela minuta Clarke (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with notes on its native congener, P. desmodiella (Clemens). page 22
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 United States, US Tennessee page BOLD (BIOUG04722-D09)
Porphyrosela minuta Clarke, 1953 Uruguay Biezanko, C. M., Ruffinelli, A. & Link, D. 1978. Catalogue of Lepidoptera of the Republic of Uruguay. page 56
Plant note:

Upper side of the leaves (Bentancourt & Scatoni 2007: 517). The mature mines of P. minuta are easily disntinguished by the wrinkled upper epidermis (Eiseman et al. 2017: 22).

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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination