Philodoria wilkesiella

Philodoria wilkesiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Philodoria
Species: P. wilkesiella
Binomial name
Philodoria wilkesiella
Swezey, 1940

Philodoria wilkesiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Adults have a distinctive color pattern.

The larvae feed on Argyroxiphium grayana. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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