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Philodoria

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Philodoria
Philodoria splendida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.[1]

Life history

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The 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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
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