Philodoria pittosporella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gracillarioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Superfamilia: Gracillarioidea

Familia: Gracillariidae
Subfamilia: Gracillariinae
Genus: Philodoria
Species: Philodoria pittosporella

Name

Philodoria pittosporella (Swezey, 1928)

Type locality: Hawaii, Oahu, Mt. Kaala, above 3000 ft.

Holotype: BPBM. male ♂. 01.III.1925. legit O.H. Swezey.

Synonymy

• Parectopa pittosporella Swezey, 1928: 189 (original combination)
• Philodoria pittosporella (Swezey, 1928): Zimmerman 1978: 690

References

Primary references

• Swezey, O.H. 1928. Some new species of lepidopterous leaf-miners in Hawaii. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 7(1): 187–191. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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): 001–175. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4944.1.1. . Reference page.