It thrives on a mainly insect-based diet, focusing on the surfaces of foliage to hunt, and also eats fruit and pollen.

The muzzle is naked, the nose-leaf is lanceolate, with the front portion completely fused to the upper lip.

The ears are large with rounded margins, and the tail extends halfway to the interfemoral membrane.

[1] Lophostoma silvicola feeds mainly on insects, gleaning them from the upper surface of leaves while in flight, but supplements this diet with fruits.

[4] It roosts in cavities hollowed out by the males in the base of active termite mounds.