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.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Baphala |
Species: | B. glabrella
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Binomial name | |
Baphala glabrella (Dyar, 1919)
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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
edit- ^ Bulletin - United States National Museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Baphala - Cactus Feeding Moths and their Relatives