Philodoria nigrella

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

Philodoria nigrella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii.

The larvae probably mine the leaves of their host plant.


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