''Baphala phaeolella'' is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...

in the genus ''

Baphala ''Baphala'' is a genus of Pyralidae, snout moths. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Species * ''Baphala homoeosomella'' (Zeller, 1881) * ''Baphala eremiella'' (Dyar, 1910) * ''Baphala glabrella'' (Dyar, 1919) * ''Baphala goyensis'' * '' ...

''. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1997 and is found in North America, including

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and

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. The larvae probably feed on scale insects.''Baphala'' - Cactus Feeding Moths and their Relatives
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References

Moths described in 1997 Phycitinae {{Phycitinae-stub