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Philodoria costalis

Wikipedia Abstract

Philodoria costalis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The larvae feed on Pipturus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae emerge from the mine to form an oval brown cocoon on the surface of the leaves.
View Wikipedia Record: Philodoria costalis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Philodoria costalis

Prey / Diet

Pipturus albidus (Waimea pipturus)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Philodoria micropetala1
Philodoria neraudicola1
Philodoria pipturicola1
Philodoria pipturiella1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0