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Philodoria ureraella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Philodoria ureraella

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Philodoria

Rank
  
Species

Philodoria ureraella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

The larvae feed on Urera sandwicensis and Urera kaalae. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a small roundish blotch becoming irregular as it becomes larger from the eating of the larva within. Full-grown larvae are about 6 mm long and pale greenish.

The larva emerges to spin a whitish cocoon on the surface of the leaf. The pupa is about 4 mm long and pale greenish. The pupal period lasts about 10 days.

References

Philodoria ureraella Wikipedia