Philodoria kauaulaensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018

SUBFAMILY	Ornixolinae
GENUS	Philodoria
SPECIES	kauaulaensis
AUTHOR	Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Philodoria kauaulaensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY	Hawaii, Maui, 18.viii.2014 from Myrsine lanaiensis, leg. C.A. Johns
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: 20°52'0" Longitude: -156°36'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♀, SK690, BPBM.
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	Holotype in bad condition: 3/4 of right wing and half of left wing, and the apical portion of one hindwing. The head, antenna, thorax and legs were sacrificed for molecular analysis. GenBank KT982404 and KT982407 are presented as P. auromagnifica.
PUBLICATION	Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Doorenweerd, C., Kawakita, A., Ohshima, I., Lees, D. C., Hanabergh, S. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2018. Hawaiian Philodoria (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) leaf mining moths on Myrsine (Primulaceae): two new species and biological data. - ZooKeys 773:109-141.
PAGINATION	126-129, figs 5I, J, 7H, 10, 14B.
DNA VOUCHERS	CJ-064, CJ-072
GENBANK	KT982404 Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Doorenweerd, C., Kawakita, A., Ohshima, I., Lees, D. C., Hanabergh, S. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2018 :129 KT982407 Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Doorenweerd, C., Kawakita, A., Ohshima, I., Lees, D. C., Hanabergh, S. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2018 :129

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
United States, US	Hawaii (Maui)	Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Doorenweerd, C., Kawakita, A., Ohshima, I., Lees, D. C., Hanabergh, S. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2018. Hawaiian Philodoria (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) leaf mining moths on Myrsine (Primulaceae): two new species and biological data. - ZooKeys 773:109-141.	128

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Primulaceae	Myrsine lanaiensis	Hawaii	Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Doorenweerd, C., Kawakita, A., Ohshima, I., Lees, D. C., Hanabergh, S. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2018. Hawaiian Philodoria (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) leaf mining moths on Myrsine (Primulaceae): two new species and biological data. - ZooKeys 773:109-141.	128
Primulaceae	Myrsine sandwicensis	Hawaii	Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Doorenweerd, C., Kawakita, A., Ohshima, I., Lees, D. C., Hanabergh, S. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2018. Hawaiian Philodoria (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) leaf mining moths on Myrsine (Primulaceae): two new species and biological data. - ZooKeys 773:109-141.	128
Primulaceae	Myrsine sandwicensis	Hawaii	Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Doorenweerd, C., Kawakita, A., Ohshima, I., Lees, D. C., Hanabergh, S. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2018. Hawaiian Philodoria (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) leaf mining moths on Myrsine (Primulaceae): two new species and biological data. - ZooKeys 773:109-141.	128

* Mine initially spiral-shaped and gradually expands, later gets the form of a blotch (Kobayashi et al. 2018: 128).