Pyncostola operosa

Pyncostola operosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pyncostola
Species:	P. operosa
Binomial name
	Pyncostola operosa; (Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
	Paltodora operosa Meyrick, 1909;

Pyncostola operosa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909.[1] It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.[2][3]

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings are brown, irrorated (speckled) on the margins and veins with dark fuscous and whitish, but this irroration sometimes extends over most of the wing, except longitudinal streaks in the disk and along the fold, sometimes tinged with yellowish. The stigmata are represented by small suffused dark fuscous spots, the plical very obliquely before the first discal. Similar spots are found near the base in the middle, beneath the costa at one-sixth and one-third, and on the fold between these. The hindwings are grey.[4]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pyncostola operosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
Savela, Markku (June 16, 2014). "Pyncostola operosa (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pyncostola operosa (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 10 – via Sabinet.

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[Natural_History_Museum,_London_-_PYNCOSTOLA_operosa_(Meyrick,_1909)-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pyncostola operosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku (June 16, 2014). "Pyncostola operosa (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pyncostola operosa (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[4] Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 10 – via Sabinet.