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Catharylla tenellus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Catharylla

Catharylla tenellus

Catharylla tenellus is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).

The length of the forewings is 10.5–12 mm for males and 12–16 mm for females. The forewings are snow white with an ochreous costal line. The median and subterminal transverse lines are ochreous and the outer margin is ochreous with seven dark brown spots. The hindwings are cream-coloured, the outer margin with small ochreous brown spots forming a more or less continuous line.

References

Catharylla tenellus Wikipedia