Catharylla tenellus

Catharylla tenellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Catharylla
Species:	C. tenellus
Binomial name
Catharylla tenellus (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
Crambus tenellus Zeller, 1839 Catharylla tenella Argyria tenella Platytes tenella

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.^[1]

References

1. Systematics of the Neotropical genus Catharylla Zeller (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l., Crambinae)