Pyncostola perlustrata

Pyncostola perlustrata 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.[1][2]

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

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are fulvous ochreous, the veins and margins streaked with light grey sprinkled with dark fuscous and with an indistinct dark fuscous dot beneath the costa towards the base. The stigmata are indistinct and dark fuscous, the plical very obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

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


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