Pyncostola stalactis

Pyncostola stalactis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pyncostola
Species:	P. stalactis
Binomial name
	Pyncostola stalactis; (Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
	Paltodora stalactis Meyrick, 1904;

Pyncostola stalactis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia and Tasmania.^[1]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in). The forewings are whitish, densely irrorated (sprinkled) with brown and with a cloudy blackish-fuscous dot beneath the costa at one-sixth, one on the fold beyond this, one towards the costa at one-third, one on the fold hardly beyond this, one in the middle of the disc, and one in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are pale grey.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (16 June 2014). "Pyncostola stalactis (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 271. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (16 June 2014). "Pyncostola stalactis (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[2] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 271. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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