Philodoria marginestrigata

Philodoria marginestrigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Philodoria
Species: P. marginestrigata
Binomial name
Philodoria marginestrigata
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria marginestrigata Walsingham, 1907
  • Parectopa marginestrigata

The ilima leaf miner (Philodoria marginestrigata) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Nihoa, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii.

The larvae feed on Dubautia species, Xanthium echinatum, Xanthium strumarium, Abutilon species (including Abutilon grandifolium, Abutilon incanum and Abutilon molle), Sida species (Sida cordifolia, Sida fallax, Sida meyeniana and Sida rhombifolia) and Datura species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. There may be as many as twelve mines in a single leaf, and the cocoon is made within the mine.

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