Philodoria floscula

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

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

The larvae feed on Pipturus species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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