Philodoria auromagnifica

Philodoria auromagnifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Philodoria
Species: P. auromagnifica
Binomial name
Philodoria auromagnifica
Walsingham, 1907

Philodoria auromagnifica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii.

The larvae feed on Myrsine species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae emerge from the mines to pupate in oval cocoons on the surface of the leaves.

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