Pyncostola illuminata

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Pyncostola illuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Pyncostola
Species:
P. illuminata
Binomial name
Pyncostola illuminata
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Paltodora illuminataMeyrick, 1913

Pyncostola illuminata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Limpopo. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous, all veins marked with pale greyish-ochreous streaks irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. There are dark fuscous dots between these streaks beneath the costa at one-fifth and one-third, one on the fold between these, and three representing the stigmata, the plical very obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are pale ochreous grey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Pyncostola illuminata (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pyncostola hiberna (Meyrick, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 281 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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