Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Galacticidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Homadaula | |
Homadaula calamitosa is a moth in the Galacticidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Sudan.
The wingspan is 14-15 mm. The forewings are grey, irrorated with white and strewn with numerous irregular dark grey or blackish small spots or dots forming longitudinal series. The plical stigma forms a larger blackish dot and there is some irregular white suffusion beyond this beneath the middle of the disc. The hindwings are whitish-grey with dark grey veins.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Acacia arabica and Acacia nilotica.
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