Philodoria
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]
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Life history
    
The larvae mine the leaves of many kinds of broad-leaved plants.[1] 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
 
References
    
- 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. doi:10.2984/70.3.7. S2CID 32093266.
 
External links
    
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
 - Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
 
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