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Pyncostola illuminata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pyncostola
Species:	P. illuminata
Binomial name
Pyncostola illuminata (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
Paltodora illuminata Meyrick, 1913

Pyncostola illuminata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Limpopo.

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous, all veins marked with pale greyish-ochreous streaks irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. There are dark fuscous dots between these streaks beneath the costa at one-fifth and one-third, one on the fold between these, and three representing the stigmata, the plical very obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are pale ochreous grey.

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Pyncostola illuminata (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pyncostola hiberna (Meyrick, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
3. Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 281 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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