Lophaeola
Lophaeola is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Lophaeola inquinata, which is found in Brazil.[1]
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| Genus: | Lophaeola Meyrick, 1932 |
| Species: | L. inquinata |
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| Lophaeola inquinata Meyrick, 1932 | |
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
- "Lophaeola". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- Exotic Microlep. 4 (7): 195 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
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