In:
ZooKeys, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 773 ( 2018-07-09), p. 109-141
Abstract:
This paper provides new taxonomic and biological data on a complex of gracillariid moths in the endemic genus Philodoria Walsingham, 1907 that are associated with Myrsine (Primulaceae) in the Hawaiian Islands, United States. Two new species, Philodoriakauaulaensis Kobayashi, Johns & amp; Kawahara, sp. n. (host: Myrsinelanaiensis , M.lessertiana , and M.sandwicensis ) and P.kolea Kobayashi, Johns & amp; Kawahara, sp. n. (host: M.lessertiana ) are described. Biological data are provided for two previously described species that also feed on Myrsine : P.auromagnifica Walsingham, 1907 and P.succedanea Walsingham, 1907. For the first time we detail and illustrate genital structures, immature stages, biology, and host plants of P.auromagnifica and P.succedanea . Philodoriakolea , P.auromagnifica , and P.succedanea occur in sympatry on the island of Hawaii (Big Island), but each species differs in behavioral characters: P.kolea utilizes leaves of seedlings and forms a serpentine mine, whereas the latter two utilize leaves of larger plants, and form linear or serpentine to blotch mines. More broadly, leaf mine forms and diagnostic characteristics of the Myrsine -feeding species complex of Philodoria (as currently known) are reviewed and illustrated.
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Online Resource
ISSN:
1313-2970
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1313-2989
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.773.21690
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Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2018
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