Homadaula calamitosa is a moth in the family Galacticidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930.[1] It is found in Sudan.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Galacticidae |
Genus: | Homadaula |
Species: | H. calamitosa
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Binomial name | |
Homadaula calamitosa (Meyrick, 1930)
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The wingspan is 14–15 mm.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Acacia arabica and Acacia nilotica.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Homadaula calamitosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Homadaula calamitosa (Meyrick, 1930)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 563.