Pyncostola illuminata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Pyncostola |
| Species: | P. illuminata
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| Pyncostola illuminata (Meyrick, 1913)
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Pyncostola illuminata (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pyncostola hiberna (Meyrick, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ 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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