Philodoria limahuliensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021

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SUBFAMILY Ornixolinae
GENUSPhilodoria
SPECIES limahuliensis
AUTHORKobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPhilodoria limahuliensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITYUnited States, US, Hawaii, Kauai, Limahuli, 09.vii.2015, leg. C. A. Johns.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BPBM; Paratypes 2♂, BPBM.
STATUSSpecies
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 71-72, figs 15F, G, 47F, 48F, 49F

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. 71

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Malvaceae Hibiscus waimeae 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. 72