Lophobela sinuosa

Lophobela sinuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Lophobela
Turner, 1917
Species: L. sinuosa
Binomial name
Lophobela sinuosa
Turner, 1917

Lophobela sinuosa is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family, and the only species in the genus Lophobela. It was described by Turner in 1917 and is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-grey, the apical half beyond a line from one-third of the costa to two-thirds of the dorsum densely irrorated with white, the costal edge and a small tornal area greyish. There is a dark fuscous line from the base of the costa, soon bifurcating, one limb approaching the costa, the other median to one-fourth, turned slightly upwards at the extremity, and giving off a branch towards the dorsum from near the extremity. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

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