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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Subfamily: | Gracillariinae |
| Genus: | Philodoria Walsingham, 1907 |
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Life history
editThe 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b 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
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- 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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