Rhynchophyllis categorica

Rhynchophyllis categorica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Rhynchophyllis
Species: R. categorica
Binomial name
Rhynchophyllis categorica
Meyrick, 1932[1]

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.[2]

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