Species Baphala pallida - Hodges#5965 (original) (raw)

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Phycitinae

Tribe Phycitini

No Taxon (Cactus-Feeding Group)

Genus Baphala

Species pallida (Baphala pallida - Hodges#5965)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Baphala pallida (Comstock, 1880)

Vitula basimaculatella Raganot, 1887

Baphala basimaculatella (Raganot, 1887)

* Phylogenetic sequence #177525.

Identification

Range

Widespread across the southern United States.

Food

The larvae feed on scale insects. (Kermesidae and Coccidae)(1)

Print References

Neunzig, H. H., 1997. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4: p. 33; pl. 1.31-35.(1)