Philodoria urerana
| Philodoria urerana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Philodoria |
| Species: | P. urerana |
| Binomial name | |
| Philodoria urerana (Swezey, 1915) | |
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Philodoria urerana is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Oahu and Hawaii.
The larvae feed on Urera sandwicensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a very slender corridor, gradually widening as the larva grows and becoming serpentine and towards the last enlarges to a blotch. The larva emerges to spin a whitish cocoon on the surface of the leaf.
The pupal period lasts about 10 days.