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Rhynchophyllis categorica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Rhynchophyllis

Rhynchophyllis categorica is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are rufous brown, with some vague fuscous suffusion indicating an irregular patch extending along the dorsum from near the base to two-thirds and reaching two-thirds across the wing, extended in the middle to the costa, and an apical patch extended on both margins. The hindwings are pale whitish yellowish.

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Rhynchophyllis categorica Wikipedia