Pyncostola invida

Pyncostola invida is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Eastern Cape.[1][2]

Pyncostola invida
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P. invida
Binomial name
Pyncostola invida
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Paltodora invida Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly whitish-sprinkled, streaked with ochreous-brown between the veins in the disc. There is a slender black streak along the sub-median fold from near the base to the middle of the wing, edged above by a whitish streak. There is a slender black streak in the disc from the middle to near three-fourths, as well as a streak of blackish suffusion along the upper part of the termen to the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

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