Biology:Baphala glabrella

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Short description: Species of moth

Baphala glabrella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Baphala
Species:
B. glabrella
Binomial name
Baphala glabrella
(Dyar, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Euzophera glabrella Dyar, 1919

Baphala glabrella is a species of snout moth in the genus Baphala. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919, and is found in Guatemala.

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. Adults are suffused, grayish brown with obscure markings. The pale transverse antemedial and subterminal lines and the dark discal dots are faintly indicated.[1]

The larvae probably feed on scale insects.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4857514 entry