Homadaula calamitosa

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Homadaula calamitosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Plutellidae
Genus: Homadaula
Species:
H. calamitosa
Binomial name
Homadaula calamitosa
(Meyrick, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Stichotactis calamitosaMeyrick, 1930

Homadaula calamitosa is a moth in the family Galacticidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. [1] It is found in Sudan. [2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Acacia arabica and Acacia nilotica . [3]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Homadaula calamitosa (Meyrick, 1930)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 563.