Revision of the Hawaiian endemic leaf-mining moth genus Philodoria Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): its conservation status, host plants and descriptions of thirteen new species Author Kobayashi, Shigeki 0000-0002-1336-4730 crossroad1994@hotmail.co.jp Author Johns, Chris A. 0000-0002-1749-3847 Author Kawahara, Akito Y. 0000-0002-1749-3847 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-03-17 4944 1 1 175 journal article 7393 10.11646/zootaxa.4944.1.1 8adfa0f6-06a7-44b5-a3be-351d0bdc7a62 1175-5326 4681813 380D2F75-D4F9-4974-97E2-25E0C62CB3B0 Philodoria auromagnifica Walsingham, 1907 Figs. 7E , 26B , 41B, C , 42B, C , 43B, C , 56C , 61A–G , 79H . Philodoria auromagnifica Walsingham, 1907: 718 , pl. 25, fig. 20; Swezey 1913b: 223 ; Zimmerman 1978a: 695 , figs. 461, 468, 474; Kobayashi et al . (2018) : 130 –132, figs. 2E, F, 5E–H, 6E–H, 7G, 8B, 11, 14C. Type locality. mountains, 2000 ft near Honolulu (Oahu) . Type material. Holotype ♂, Mts. 2000 ft near Honolulu , Oahu , 25.x.1892 , Perkins. 25857|BM slide no. 472| Walsingham Collection. 1910–427.| NHMUK010305330 | in NHMUK . Diagnosis. Very similar to P. succedanea , but distinguished from it by the dark brownish orange patches and brownish orange basal patch in the forewing; a fuscous patch with dark orangish scales in the apical portion ( Fig. 7E ); in the male genitalia by the rather long valva narrowing in the middle, vinculum large, inflexed on the ventral side, broad and straight saccus ( Figs. 41B, C , 42B, C ); in the female genitalia by signa with rather blunt spines ( Fig. 55C ) ( Kobayashi et al . 2018 ). See also diagnosis of P. succedanea . Adult ( Fig. 7E ). Wingspan 8 mm in holotype . Male genitalia ( Figs. 41B, C , 42B, C , 43B, C , 61A–C ) and Female genitalia figured ( Figs. 56C , 61G ). See also Kobayashi et al . (2018) . Distribution. Kauai ( Kobayashi et al . 2018 ), Oahu ( Walsingham 1907 ), Molokai ( Swezey & Bryan 1929 ), and Hawaii (Big Island) ( Zimmerman 1978a ). Host plants. Primulaceae : Myrsine lessertiana A. DC. and M. sandwicensis A. DC. ( Johns et al . 2016 ) , M. wawraea (Mez) Hosaka ( Kobayashi et al . 2018 ) , Myrsine sp. ( Swezey 1913a ). FIGURE 10. Adults of Pipturus feeding Philodoria species. A P. costalis Swezey, 1934 lectotype male, B P. pipturiella Swezey, 1923 lectotype male, one of two cotypes (upper specimen) on the same mount, C Paralectotype male on the same mount as of lectotype (lower specimen), D P. floscula Walsingham, 1907 lectotype female, E Paralectotype male, F P. micropetala Walsingham, 1907 holotype female. Scale bar 1 mm. Biology. ( Fig. 79H ). Kobayashi et al . (2018: 131 , figs. 8B, 11, 14C) reported the leaf mine and pupal cocoon. Parasitoids. Eulophidae : Euderus metallicus (Ashmead, 1901) ( Zimmerman 1978a ) .