Philodoria

Philodoria
Philodoria splendida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Subfamily:	Gracillariinae
Genus:	Philodoria Walsingham, 1907
Species
See text
Synonyms
Euphilodoria Zimmermann, 1978

Philodoria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii.

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

• Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera
• Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)