Lobobasis

Lobobasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Lobobasis
Hampson, 1896
Species: L. niveimaculata
Binomial name
Lobobasis niveimaculata
Hampson, 1896

Lobobasis is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae. It contains the single species Lobobasis niveimaculata, which is found from India (Sikkim), Bhutan and Sundaland to Queensland, the Solomon Islands and New Guinea.[1] The habitat consists of lower montane forests, upper montane forests and various types of lowland forests.

Adults are sexually dimorphic. The forewings are mostly purplish red with a yellow apical area.[2]

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