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Homoeosoma vagella

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ5891293 ↗
Source-derived summary

Homoeosoma vagella, the macadamia flower caterpillar, is a species of snout moth in the genus Homoeosoma. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848. It is found in Australia.

The larvae feed on Macadamia ternifolia. They destroy the flowers of their host plant.

Editorial summary

“Homoeosoma vagella” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Homoeosoma, vagella and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1848—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Homoeosoma, vagella and species.
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Why this record matters

“Homoeosoma vagella” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Homoeosoma, vagella and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5891293. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1848.

Critical limits

Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Homoeosoma vagella” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.