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
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-03-17
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Philodoria kolea
Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018
Figs. 7F
,
34B, C
,
35
,
41D
,
42D
,
43D
,
56F
,
79I–K
.
Philodoria kolea
Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018: 132–137
, 3, 5K, L, 7A–D, I, 12, 13, 14D
Type
locality.
Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park
(
Big Island
).
Type material.
Holotype
♂,
Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park
,
Hawaii
(
Big Island
),
25.iv.2016
,
A. Kawakita
leg., host:
Myrsine lessertiana
(understory shrub),
Gen-Bank
accession no.
MF804825
, IO-322, SK
851 in
BPBM
. The type series was mounted from emerged adult moths.
Paratypes
, in
BPBM
:
1♀
,
Kaumana Trail
,
Hilo
,
Hawaii
(
Big Island
),
28.iv.2016
, em.,
C.L.
-
Vaamonde
&
C. Doorenweerd
leg., host:
Myrsine
sp.,
20.iv.2016
(
Cocoon
), HILO016, SK
634♀
.
1♀
,
Thurston
lava tube (
Nahuku
),
Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park
,
Hawaii
Is.
,
13.v.2016
, em.,
S. Kobayashi
leg., host:
Myrsine lessertiana
,
25.iv.2016
(larva), SKH-05-1, SK
632♀
;
1♀
, same locality and data as
holotype
, IO-323, SK852;
2♀
,
same locality as holotype, 2&
24.v.2016
, em.,
C.L.
-
Vaamonde
&
C. Doorenweerd
leg., host:
Myrsine lessertiana
,
22.iv.2016
(larva), HILO020/SKH-15, SK
630♀
,
631♀
.
Diagnosis.
Among
Philodoria
species having similar fuscous forewing coloration (i.e.,
P. epibathra
(Walsingham)
,
P. nigrella
(Walsingham)
P. pipturiana
Swezey
, and
P. wilkesiella
Swezey (See
Zimmerman 1978a
))
,
P. kolea
is distinguished by the white and bronze color bands on the forewing (
Fig. 7F
). The forewing pattern and genitalia are similar to those of other
Myrsine
mining species,
P. auromagnifica
and
P. succedanea
, but
P. kolea
completely lacks the orange markings (
Fig. 7F
).
Adult
(
Fig. 7F
,
34B, C
,
35
). Wingspan
6.7 mm
in
holotype
, 6.6,
8.5 mm
in
paratypes
.
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 41D
,
42D
,
43D
) and
Female genitalia
(
Fig. 56F
). See also
Kobayashi
et al
. (2018)
.
Distribution.
Hawaii
(Big Island) (
Kobayashi
et al
. 2018
).
Host plants.
Primulaceae
:
Myrsine lessertiana
A. DC. (
Kobayashi
et al
. 2018
)
.
Biology.
(
Figs. 79I–K
).
Kobayashi
et al
. (2018: 136–137
, figs. 12, 13, 14D) reported the leaf mine and pupal cocoon.