Pyncostola celeris

Pyncostola celeris is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1920. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Western Cape.[1][2]

Pyncostola celeris
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P. celeris
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Pyncostola celeris
Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The male forewings are whitish, while those of the females are pale yellow-ochreous, more or less speckled irregularly with fuscous, especially along the margins. The stigmata are small, indistinct and ferruginous-brownish, with the discal approximated, the plical very obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey.[3]

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