Biology:Baphala homoeosomella
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Baphala |
| Species: | B. homoeosomella
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| Binomial name | |
| Baphala homoeosomella (Zeller, 1881)
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Baphala homoeosomella is a species of snout moth in the genus Baphala. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1881, and is found in Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Panama, Guyana, Colombia and Brazil .
The wingspan is 11–16 mm. Adults are brownish gray with weakly contrasted transverse dark markings on the forewings.[1]
The larvae feed on scale insects[2] of the Saissetia, Ceroplastes and Toumayella genera.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q4857519 entry
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