Philodoria spilota

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

Philodoria spilota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui.

They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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