Lophaeola

Lophaeola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Lophaeola
Meyrick, 1932
Species: L. inquinata
Binomial name
Lophaeola inquinata
Meyrick, 1932

Lophaeola is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Lophaeola inquinata, which is found in Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous irrorated fuscous, with various irregularly scattered ill-defined short markings of dark fuscous irroration, including a dash above the dorsum before the middle, a spot on the costa beyond the middle, and a longitudinal streak in the disc posteriorly. There is also some brownish suffusion towards the apex. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. "Lophaeola". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 4 (7): 195


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