Pyncostola hiberna

Pyncostola hiberna is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.[2][3]

Pyncostola hiberna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Pyncostola
Species:
P. hiberna
Binomial name
Pyncostola hiberna
(Meyrick, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Paltodora hiberna Meyrick, 1912

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are white, sprinkled with dark fuscous in males and with grey in females. There are undefined spots of dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) on the fold at one-fourth of the wing, and towards the costa at two-fifths. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical very obliquely before the first discal, both these in one specimen little marked, the second discal followed by an undefined streak of dark fuscous suffusion extended towards the apex. The hindwings are pale grey or whitish grey.[4]

References
  1. "Pyncostola hiberna (Meyrick, 1912)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (16 June 2014). "Pyncostola hiberna (Meyrick, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pyncostola hiberna (Meyrick, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. Annals of the South African Museum. 10 (3): 60.


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