Philodoria
Encyclopedia
Philodoria is a genus of moth
s in the family Gracillariidae
. All species are endemic to Hawaii
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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.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....
. All species are endemic to Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
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Life History
The larvae mineLeaf miner
Leaf miner is a term used to describe the larvae of many different species of insect which live in and eat the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths , sawflies and flies , though some beetles and wasps also exhibit this behavior.Like Woodboring beetles, leaf...
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 auromagnificaPhilodoria auromagnificaPhilodoria auromagnifica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii.The larvae feed on Myrsine species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae emerge from the mines to pupate in oval cocoons on the surface of the leaves.-External links:*...
Walsingham, 1907 - Philodoria basalisPhilodoria basalisPhilodoria basalis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Maui and Hawaii.The larvae feed on Metrosideros species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae emerge from the mine to form an oval cocoon, which is located on the outer surface of the dead epidermis of the...
Walsingham, 1907 - Philodoria costalisPhilodoria costalisPhilodoria costalis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu.The larvae feed on Pipturus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae emerge from the mine to form an oval brown cocoon on the surface of the leaves.-External links:*...
Swezey, 1934 - Philodoria dubauticolaPhilodoria dubauticolaPhilodoria dubauticola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is only known from Maui.The larvae feed on Dubautia plantaginea. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Swezey, 1940) - Philodoria dubautiellaPhilodoria dubautiellaPhilodoria dubautiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu.The larvae feed on Dubautia plantaginea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a very slender corridor, situated lengthwise in the leaf and running back and forth a few times, but...
(Swezey, 1913) - Philodoria epibathraPhilodoria epibathraPhilodoria epibathra is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Molokai.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Walsingham, 1907) - Philodoria flosculaPhilodoria flosculaPhilodoria floscula is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.The larvae feed on Pipturus species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Walsingham, 1907 - Philodoria hauicolaPhilodoria hauicolaThe Hau Leaf Miner is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii.The larvae feed on Hibiscus tiliaceus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. As many as 60 mines can be found in a single large leaf...
(Swezey, 1910) - Philodoria hibiscellaPhilodoria hibiscellaThe Hibiscus Leaf Miner is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu and Hawaii.The larvae feed on Hibiscus arnottianus and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant...
(Swezey, 1913) - Philodoria lipochaetaellaPhilodoria lipochaetaellaPhilodoria lipochaetaella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Maui.The larvae feed on Lipochaeta lavarum. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Swezey, 1940) - Philodoria lysimachiellaPhilodoria lysimachiellaPhilodoria lysimachiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu.The larvae feed on Lysimachia rotundifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Swezey, 1928 - Philodoria marginestrigataPhilodoria marginestrigataThe Ilima Leaf Miner is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Nihoa, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii....
(Walsingham, 1907) - Philodoria micropetalaPhilodoria micropetalaPhilodoria micropetala is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Kauai.The larvae feed on Pipturus species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Walsingham, 1907 - Philodoria molokaiensisPhilodoria molokaiensisPhilodoria molokaiensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Molokai.The larvae feed on Lysimachia hillebrandi. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Swezey, 1928 - Philodoria naenaeiellaPhilodoria naenaeiellaPhilodoria naenaeiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu.The larvae feed on Dubautia laxa and Hesperomannia arborescens swezeyi. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Swezey, 1940) - Philodoria neraudicolaPhilodoria neraudicolaPhilodoria neraudicola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii.The larvae feed on Neraudia melastomaefolia and Pipturus albidus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Swezey, 1920) - Philodoria nigrellaPhilodoria nigrellaPhilodoria nigrella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii.The larvae probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Walsingham, 1907 - Philodoria nigrelloidesPhilodoria nigrelloidesPhilodoria nigrelloides is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Kauai.The larvae feed on Dubautia species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Swezey, 1946) - Philodoria pipturianaPhilodoria pipturianaPhilodoria pipturiana is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii.The larvae feed on Pipturus species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Swezey, 1923 - Philodoria pipturicolaPhilodoria pipturicolaPhilodoria pipturicola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu and Maui.The larvae feed on Pipturus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a serpentine gallery but later becomes a blotch. The larva emerges to spin a light brownish cocoon on some...
Swezey, 1915 - Philodoria pipturiellaPhilodoria pipturiellaPhilodoria pipturiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu.The larvae feed on Pipturus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Large leaves can contain up to a hundred mines. The cocoons are made on the under side of the leaf alongside a prominent vein. They are...
Swezey, 1923 - Philodoria pittosporellaPhilodoria pittosporellaPhilodoria pittosporella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu.The larvae feed on Pittosporum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larva emerges from the mine to spin a cocoon on the leaf surface....
(Swezey, 1928) - Philodoria sciallactisPhilodoria sciallactisPhilodoria sciallactis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu.The larvae feed on Lipochaeta integrifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Meyrick, 1928) - Philodoria spilotaPhilodoria spilotaPhilodoria spilota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Maui.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Walsingham, 1907) - Philodoria splendidaPhilodoria splendidaPhilodoria splendida is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii.The larvae feed on Metrosideros species, including Metrosideros polymorpha. They mine the leaves of their host plant...
Walsingham, 1907 - Philodoria succedaneaPhilodoria succedaneaPhilodoria succedanea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Maui and Hawaii.The larvae feed on Myrsine species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Walsingham, 1907 - Philodoria touchardiellaPhilodoria touchardiellaPhilodoria touchardiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Maui.The larvae feed on Touchardia latifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Swezey, 1928) - Philodoria ureraellaPhilodoria ureraellaPhilodoria ureraella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu.The larvae feed on Urera sandwicensis and Urera kaalae. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a small roundish blotch becoming irregular as it becomes larger from the eating of the larva within...
(Swezey, 1915) - Philodoria ureranaPhilodoria ureranaPhilodoria urerana is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu and Hawaii.The larvae feed on Urera sandwicensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a very slender corridor, gradually widening as the larva grows and becoming serpentine and towards the last...
(Swezey, 1915) - Philodoria wilkesiellaPhilodoria wilkesiellaPhilodoria wilkesiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Maui.Adults have a distinctive color pattern.The larvae feed on Argyroxiphium grayana. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Swezey, 1940