''Rhynchoferella syncentra'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the

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family. It is found in

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and

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, where it is known from

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and

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. Meyrick described this species as follows:Meyrick, ''Exotic microlepidoptera'', v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937, page: 8 Male 32 mm. Head and thorax pale greyish-ocherous. Abdomen grey. Forewings very elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex very obtusely rounded, termen rounded, little oblique; pale brownish-ochreous, irregularly suffused with fuscous towards costa, posterior half of wing sprinkled with dark fuscous specks with some fuscous suffusion, terminal edge suffused with fuscous: cilia fuscous. Hindwings pale greyish; cilia whitish, with faint greyish basal shade.

References

Copromorphidae Moths described in 1916 Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa Insects of Namibia {{Copromorphoidea-stub