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Lachnostola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Gelechiinae
Genus:	Lachnostola Meyrick, 1918
Species:	L. amphizeucta
Binomial name
Lachnostola amphizeucta Meyrick, 1918

Lachnostola is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its only species, Lachnostola amphizeucta, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.

The wingspan is 8–11 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous yellowish with a narrow dark fuscous streak along the costa from the base to two-fifths and there is a dark fuscous streak along the dorsum from near the base to three-fourths. There is a deep ochreous spot surrounded with blackish suffusion resting on this before the middle of the wing. A triangular dark grey blotch extends on the costa from the middle to three-fourths and reaching half across the wing. The discal stigmata are blackish, the second just below the apex of the costal blotch and there is more or less yellow-ochreous suffusion towards the tornal area, with scattered blackish scales. There is also an apical spot of blackish suffusion. The hindwings are grey.

References

1. Savela, Markku (June 15, 2014). "Lachnostola Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Lachnostola amphizeucta Meyrick, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
3. Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 22–23 – via Sabinet. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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