Porphyrosela teramni Vári, 1961

SUBFAMILY	Lithocolletinae
GENUS	Porphyrosela
SPECIES	teramni
AUTHOR	Vári, 1961
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Porphyrosela teramni spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	South Africa, Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria, 24.xi.1984, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -25°44'0" Longitude: 28°11'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G6923♂, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7132♀, TMSA; Paratypes 12♂ and 19♀, genitalia slides G6924♀, G7131♂, G7673♀, TMSA, ZMHB.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
PAGINATION	224-225; pl. 15, fig. 4; pl. 65, fig. 12; pl. 105, fig. 7

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
South Africa	Gauteng	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	225
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	225
Zimbabwe		De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283.	179

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Fabaceae	Teramnus labialis	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	225
Fabaceae	Teramnus sp.	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	225
Fabaceae	Vigna luteola	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	225
Fabaceae	Vigna sp.	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	225

* A moderate, oblong, transparent, tentiform mine on underside of leaf.