Philodoria ureraella (Swezey, 1915)

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SUBFAMILY Ornixolinae
GENUSPhilodoria
SPECIES ureraella
AUTHOR(Swezey, 1915)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONGracilaria ureraella n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITYHawaii, Oahu, Mt. Tantalus, 15.iii.1914, leg. O. H. Swezey.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Lectotype ♂, designated by Kobayashi et al. (2021: 112), BPBM; Paralectotypes 7♂, 1♀, 2 sex unknown, BPBM.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Swezey, O. H. 1915. New species of Hawaiian moths. - Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 3(2):93-97.
PAGINATION 94

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
United States, US Hawaii (Oahu) Swezey, O. H. 1915. New species of Hawaiian moths. - Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 3(2):93-97. 96
United States, US Hawaii (Maui) 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. 116

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Urticaceae Urera glabra 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. 116
Urticaceae Urera sandvicensis Hawaii Swezey, O. H. 1915. New species of Hawaiian moths. - Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 3(2):93-97. 96

*   A rather slender, widening serpentine mine on the underside of the leaf, enlarging into a blotch. The record of Urera kaalae (Zimmerman 1978: 691) refers to Philodoria opuhe (see Kobayashi et al. 2021: 116).

Species Parasitoids

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Bethylidae Sierola pulchra Hawaii Zimmerman, E. C. 1978. Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Stainton). - — :644-719. 691
Eulophidae Euderus metallicus Hawaii Zimmerman, E. C. 1978. Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Stainton). - — :644-719. 691
Eulophidae Pauahiana maculatipennis Hawaii Zimmerman, E. C. 1978. Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Stainton). - — :644-719. 691