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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.
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Vinony's link graph records 33 inbound references to Philodoria, and connects out to Animalia, Hawaii and insect.
It sits within the topics Endemic moths of Hawaii, Gracillariinae and Gracillarioidea genera.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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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- topic's main category
- Category:Philodoria
- taxon name
- Philodoria
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Philodoria
- taxonomic type
- Philodoria succedanea
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Life history
- Species
- References
- External links
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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