Philodoria epibathra (Walsingham, 1907)

SUBFAMILY	Ornixolinae
GENUS	Philodoria
SPECIES	epibathra
AUTHOR	(Walsingham, 1907)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Gracilaria epibathra, sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Hawaii], Molokai, 12.vi.1893, leg. Perkins.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♀, [not ♂ as stated in the original description (see Zimmerman 1978: 680), coll. Walsingham nr. 26056, genitalia slide 2884♀, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey) 1907c. Microlepidoptera. In: Sharp, D. (Ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. - Fauna Hawaiiensis 1(5):469-759, pls. 10-25.
PAGINATION	722; pl. 25, fig. 27

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
United States, US	Hawaii (Molokai)	Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey) 1907c. Microlepidoptera. In: Sharp, D. (Ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. - Fauna Hawaiiensis 1(5):469-759, pls. 10-25.	722

Notes: The record of Hawaii (Kuaui) (Swezey 1928: 190) refers to Philodoria naenaeiella (Swezey, 1940: 462).

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Asteraceae	Dubautia laxa	Hawaii	Swezey, O. H. 1913a. Leaf-miners of the Hawaiian Islands. - Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 2(5):221-227.	223
Asteraceae	Dubautia sp.	Hawaii	Swezey, O. H. 1910a. The ebony leaf-miner (Gracilaria [sic] mabaella). - Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 2 (1909)(3):88-90, pl. 3.	89, footnote

* The record Hesperomannia arborescens (Swezey 1913a: 223, 1928, 190) refers to Philodoria naenaeiella (Swezey 1940: 463).