Philodoria kauaulaensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018

Kobayashi, Shigeki, Johns, Chris A. & Kawahara, Akito 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), pp. 1-175 : 23-24

Philodoria kauaulaensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018

Figs. 7C , 56D, E , 79E .

Philodoria kauaulaensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018: 126–129 , figs. 5I, J, 7H, 10, 14B.

Type locality. Kauaula (Maui).

Type material. Holotype ♀, Kauaula, Maui, 18.viii.2014 (stored in 99% ethanol), C.A. Johns leg., host: Myrsine lanaiensis , 31.vii.2014, CJ-381, SK 690 in BPBM.

Diagnosis. The forewing pattern is similar to that of P. succedanea , but differs from the latter by having broad orange transverse fasciae and a white and bronze band near the apical portion of wing, in the middle interrupted by a blue patch ( Fig. 7C ) ( Kobayashi et al. 2018).

Adult ( Fig. 7C ). Forewing length 2.4 mm, basal part of forewing missing.

Male genitalia. Unknown and Female genitalia figured ( Fig. 55D, E ). See also Kobayashi et al. (2018).

Distribution. Maui.

Host plants. Primulaceae : Myrsine lanaiensis Hillebr. , M. lessertiana A. DC. and M. sandwicensis A. DC.

Biology. ( Fig. 79E ). Kobayashi et al. (2018: 128, fig. 10, 14B) reported the leaf mine and pupal cocoon.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Adults of Philodoria species. A P. succedanea Walsingham, 1907 lectotype female, B Paralectotype male, C P. kauaulaensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018 holotype female, D Philodoria sp. nr. P. auromagnifica male Kauai, E P. auromagnifica Walsingham, 1907 holotype male, F P. kolea Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018 holotype male. Scale bar 1 mm.

FIGURE 55. Phallus of Philodoria, lateral view. A P. sciallactis (syntype of Parectopa lipochaetae), Maui, SK699, B P. ureraella, paralectotype, Oahu, SK676, C P. opuhe, paratype, Oahu, SK674.

FIGURE 56. Female genitalia of Philodoria. A P. succedanea, paralectotype, Maui, SK714, B Same species, Hawaii (Big Island), SK624, C P. auromagnifica, Hawaii (Big Island), SK623, D P. kauaulaensis, holotype, SK690, E Same species, lateral view, F P. kolea, paratype, Hawaii (Big Island), SK634, G P. lysimachiella, SK654, H P. sp. A, SK753, I P. molokaiensis, SK668, lateral view, J Same ventral view, K P. splendida, SK621, L P. lama, paratype, SK813.

FIGURE 79. Philodoria species on the host plant, Myrsine. A–D, F, G: P. succedanea, E: P. kauaulaensis, H: P. auromagnifica. A–C, F–K host: Myrsine lessertiana, D M. Linearifolia, E M. lanaiensis. A–C: Molokai, D: Kauai, E: Maui, A–E Leaf mine and later larva F–K: Hawaii (Big Island). F, I, J Host plants and leaf mines, G Fallen leaf and leaf mine with larva, H Developing mine, K Near complete mine of late instar larva.