Philodoria

Philodoria
Philodoria splendida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Subfamily: Gracillariinae
Genus: Philodoria
Walsingham, 1907
Species

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Synonyms
  • Euphilodoria Zimmermann, 1978

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.

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

References

  1. 1 2 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.