Philodoria Explained

Philodoria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.^[1]

Life history

The larvae mine the leaves of many kinds of broad-leaved plants. Some of the species pupate within the larval mines, but others emerge from their mines to pupate.

Species

• Philodoria auromagnifica Walsingham, 1907
• Philodoria basalis Walsingham, 1907
• Philodoria costalis Swezey, 1934
• Philodoria dubauticola (Swezey, 1940)
• Philodoria dubautiella (Swezey, 1913)
• Philodoria epibathra (Walsingham, 1907)
• Philodoria floscula Walsingham, 1907
• Philodoria hauicola (Swezey, 1910)
• Philodoria hibiscella (Swezey, 1913)
• Philodoria lipochaetaella (Swezey, 1940)
• Philodoria lysimachiella Swezey, 1928
• Philodoria marginestrigata (Walsingham, 1907)
• Philodoria micropetala Walsingham, 1907
• Philodoria molokaiensis Swezey, 1928
• Philodoria naenaeiella (Swezey, 1940)
• Philodoria neraudicola (Swezey, 1920)
• Philodoria nigrella Walsingham, 1907
• Philodoria nigrelloides (Swezey, 1946)
• Philodoria pipturiana Swezey, 1923
• Philodoria pipturicola Swezey, 1915
• Philodoria pipturiella Swezey, 1923
• Philodoria pittosporella (Swezey, 1928)
• Philodoria sciallactis (Meyrick, 1928)
• Philodoria spilota (Walsingham, 1907)
• Philodoria splendida Walsingham, 1907
• Philodoria succedanea Walsingham, 1907
• Philodoria touchardiella (Swezey, 1928)
• Philodoria ureraella (Swezey, 1915)
• Philodoria urerana (Swezey, 1915)
• Philodoria wilkesiella Swezey, 1940

External links

• Book: Zimmerman, Elwood C. . Elwood Zimmerman

. Elwood Zimmerman . 1978 . Insects of Hawaii . 9 Microlepidoptera . The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. 10125/7338 .

• Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

Notes and References

1. Akito Y. Kawahara . Johns . Chris A . Moore . Matthew R . Kawahara. Akito Y . July 2016 . Molecular Phylogeny, Revised Higher Classification, and Implications for Conservation of Endangered Hawaiian Leaf-Mining Moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Philodoria). Pacific Science . 70 . 3 . 361–374 . 10.2984/70.3.7. 32093266 .