Porphyrosela dorinda


Porphyrosela dorinda is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan.
The wingspan is 3-4.1 mm.
The larvae feed on Calopogonium, Desmodium species, Pueraria montana, Uraria lagopus and Uraria neglecta. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an irregular blotch-mine placed on a space between large veins of the lower surface of the leaflet. The mining part is whitish-green and flat at first but changes into whitish-brown and a tentiform type in the end. The lower epidermis of the mining part is finely wrinkled.