Specimens examined: Porphyrosela desmodiella (Clemens, 1859):

♀, [1] (handwritten in black Indian ink)‘UNITED STATES / inf. Desmodium / viscidiflorum vii-viii / Clemens Coll / Mus. Am. Ent. Soc. / Philadelphia 1872 / 36050’, [2] (printed) ‘Walsingham / Collection. / 1910-427’; [3] (handwritten in black Indian ink) ‘ Lithocolletis / desmodiella ♀ / Clms / HOMO-TYPE Clms’, in BMNH: drawer Mi 10019.