Philodoria epibathra

Philodoria epibathra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Philodoria
Species: P. epibathra
Binomial name
Philodoria epibathra
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria epibathra Walsingham, 1907
  • Parectopa epibathra

Philodoria epibathra is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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