Pyncostola oeconomica

Pyncostola oeconomica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.[1][2]

Pyncostola oeconomica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Pyncostola
Species:
P. oeconomica
Binomial name
Pyncostola oeconomica
Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, suffused and irregularly mixed with whitish irroration (sprinkles), and more or less streaked with pale yellow ochreous in the disc. The stigmata are blackish, the discal approximated, the plical very obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Pyncostola oeconomica (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pyncostola oeconomica Meyrick, 1920". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  3. Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (4): 280.


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