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Pyncostola stalactis

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Pyncostola stalactis
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P. stalactis
Binomial name
Pyncostola stalactis
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Paltodora stalactis Meyrick, 1904

Pyncostola stalactis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia and Tasmania.[1]

The wingspan is 10-12 mm. The forewings are whitish, densely irrorated with brown and with a cloudy blackish-fuscous dot beneath the costa at one-sixth, one on the fold beyond this, one towards the costa at one-third, one on the fold hardly beyond this, one in the middle of the disc, and one in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

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