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Philodoria naenaeiella

Endemic to Hawaiʻi

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Bishop specimens

1

Type specimens

1913

First collected

1943

Last collected

2022

Last seen alive

Two centuries of collecting

1910s1940s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1913 by O. H. Swezey (Olympus). The Museum last collected it in 1943; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as January 29, 2022.

Alive today

2 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.