''Pyncostola'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...
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Species
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Pyncostola abnormalis''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola actias''
(Meyrick, 1904)
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Pyncostola albicolorella''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola alloea''
Janse, 1960
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Pyncostola auturga''
Meyrick, 1921
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Pyncostola bohemiella''
(Nickerl, 1864)
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Pyncostola celeris''
Meyrick, 1920
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Pyncostola crateraula''
Meyrick, 1918
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Pyncostola dicksoni''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola flavostriga
''Pyncostola flavostriga'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1950. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as K ...
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Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola fusca''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola fuscofascia''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola grandicornuta''
Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
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Pyncostola hiberna''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Pyncostola illuminata''
(Meyrick, 1913)
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Pyncostola invida''
(Meyrick, 1911)
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Pyncostola iospila''
(Meyrick, 1909)
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Pyncostola lacteata''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola magnanima''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Pyncostola melanatracta''
(Meyrick, 1910)
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Pyncostola merista''
Meyrick, 1918
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Pyncostola monophanes
''Pyncostola monophanes'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1960. It is found in Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Afr ...
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Janse, 1960
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Pyncostola nigrinotata''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola ochraula''
Meyrick, 1918
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Pyncostola oeconomica''
Meyrick, 1920
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Pyncostola operosa''
(Meyrick, 1909)
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Pyncostola pachyacma''
Meyrick, 1926
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Pyncostola pammacha''
(Meyrick, 1913)
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Pyncostola pentacentra
''Pyncostola pentacentra'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an ...
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(Meyrick, 1912)
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Pyncostola perlustrata''
Meyrick, 1920
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Pyncostola powelli''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola sciopola''
(Meyrick, 1904)
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Pyncostola semnochroa''
(Meyrick, 1913)
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Pyncostola stalactis''
(Meyrick, 1904)
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Pyncostola suffusellus''
(Walsingham, 1891)
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Pyncostola tanylopha''
Janse, 1960
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Pyncostola variegata''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola veronica''
Janse, 1950
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Pyncostola xanthomacula''
Janse, 1963
References
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* , 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Zootaxa'' 2366: 1-34. Abstract: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02366p034f.pdf].
* , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' Memoir 6: 146-261.
Pyncostola,
Isophrictini
Gelechiidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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