Biology:Baphala homoeosomella

Short description: Species of moth

Baphala homoeosomella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Baphala
Species:	B. homoeosomella
Binomial name
Baphala homoeosomella (Zeller, 1881)
Synonyms
Vitula taboga Euzophera homoeosomella Zeller, 1881 Dyar, 1913 Dyar, 1914 Vitula saisseliae Vitula rusto Dyar, 1929 Vitula bodkini Dyar, 1914

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.

The larvae feed on scale insects of the Saissetia, Ceroplastes and Toumayella genera.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4857519 entry