Philodoria alakaiensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021
| SUBFAMILY | Ornixolinae |
| GENUS | Philodoria |
| SPECIES | alakaiensis |
| AUTHOR | Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Philodoria alakaiensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | United States, US, Hawaii, Kauai, 09.vii.2015, leg. C. A. Johns. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BPBM; Paratypes 3♂, 3♀, 1 sex unknown, BPBM. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Kobayashi, S., Johns, C. A. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2021. Revision of the Hawaiian endemic leaf-mining moth genus Philodoria Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): its conservation status, host plants and descriptions of thirteen new species. - Zootaxa 4944(1):1-175. |
| PAGINATION | 68-71, figs 14F, 15A-E, 36, 39D, 47E, 48E, 49E, 58F, G |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| United States, US | Hawaii (Kauai) | Kobayashi, S., Johns, C. A. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2021. Revision of the Hawaiian endemic leaf-mining moth genus Philodoria Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): its conservation status, host plants and descriptions of thirteen new species. - Zootaxa 4944(1):1-175. | 68 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Asteraceae | Dubautia laxa | Hawaii | Kobayashi, S., Johns, C. A. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2021. Revision of the Hawaiian endemic leaf-mining moth genus Philodoria Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): its conservation status, host plants and descriptions of thirteen new species. - Zootaxa 4944(1):1-175. | 58 |
