Pyncostola iospila

Pyncostola iospila is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Namibia and South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Northern Cape and Gauteng.[1][2]

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

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are whitish tinged with ferruginous. There are ferruginous spots on the costa at the base and one-sixth, the former connected beneath with a fuscous transverse mark. There are two small ferruginous spots beneath the fold rather obliquely beyond these respectively. The costa is suffused with grey irroration (sprinkles) from one-fourth to two-thirds. There is a small ferruginous spot beneath the costa at one-third. The stigmata are represented by small ferruginous spots, the plical very obliquely before the first discal. There is also a suffused grey streak sprinkled with dark grey along the fold beneath the discal stigmata and a fascia of ferruginous suffusion along the termen, preceded by some grey suffusion. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Pyncostola iospila (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pyncostola iospila (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
3. Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 10 – via Sabinet.