Lichenaula fumata

Lichenaula fumata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Lichenaula
Species: L. fumata
Binomial name
Lichenaula fumata
Turner, 1898

Lichenaula fumata is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Turner in 1898. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 25-28 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous confusedly irrorated with blackish-fuscous, and sometimes also with white scales. There is a blackish-fuscous crescentic mark in the disc at three-fifths. The hindwings are grey-whitish, fuscous tinged towards the hindmargin.

The larvae possibly feed on Grevillea species.[2]

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