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Philodoria
Sign in to savePhilodoria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Gracillariidae
- Collections
- UHIM, USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gracillariinae
- Image
- Pl.2-21-Philodoria splendida Walsingham, 1907.JPG
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- Category:Philodoria
- taxon name
- Philodoria
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Philodoria
- taxonomic type
- Philodoria succedanea
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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.
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