''Philodoria'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
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 ...
. All species are endemic to
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
. It was first described by
Lord Walsingham in 1907.
Life history
The larvae
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
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
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Philodoria auromagnifica''
Walsingham, 1907
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Philodoria basalis''
Walsingham, 1907
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Philodoria costalis''
Swezey, 1934
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Philodoria dubauticola''
(Swezey, 1940)
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Philodoria dubautiella''
(Swezey, 1913)
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Philodoria epibathra''
(Walsingham, 1907)
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Philodoria floscula''
Walsingham, 1907
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Philodoria hauicola''
(Swezey, 1910)
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Philodoria hibiscella''
(Swezey, 1913)
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Philodoria lipochaetaella''
(Swezey, 1940)
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Philodoria lysimachiella''
Swezey, 1928
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Philodoria marginestrigata''
(Walsingham, 1907)
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Philodoria micropetala''
Walsingham, 1907
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Philodoria molokaiensis''
Swezey, 1928
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Philodoria naenaeiella''
(Swezey, 1940)
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Philodoria neraudicola''
(Swezey, 1920)
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Philodoria nigrella''
Walsingham, 1907
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Philodoria nigrelloides''
(Swezey, 1946)
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Philodoria pipturiana''
Swezey, 1923
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Philodoria pipturicola''
Swezey, 1915
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Philodoria pipturiella''
Swezey, 1923
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Philodoria pittosporella''
(Swezey, 1928)
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Philodoria sciallactis''
(Meyrick, 1928)
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Philodoria spilota''
(Walsingham, 1907)
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Philodoria splendida''
Walsingham, 1907
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Philodoria succedanea''
Walsingham, 1907
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Philodoria touchardiella''
(Swezey, 1928)
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Philodoria ureraella''
(Swezey, 1915)
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Philodoria urerana''
(Swezey, 1915)
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Philodoria wilkesiella''
Swezey, 1940
References
External links
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Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Gracillariinae
Endemic moths of Hawaii
Gracillarioidea genera
Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
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