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Pyncostola auturga

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pyncostola auturga is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Pyncostola auturga

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Pyncostola auturga live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Pyncostola auturga is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Is Pyncostola auturga endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Pyncostola auturga classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPyncostola
  7. SpeciesPyncostola auturga Meyrick, 1921

Synonyms Pycnostola auturga

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pyncostola auturga

Other species in the same genus Pyncostola.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pyncostola auturga live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pyncostola auturga for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pyncostola auturga?

Pyncostola auturga (Pyncostola auturga) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pyncostola auturga (Pyncostola auturga). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyncostola-auturga

MLA

“Pyncostola auturga (Pyncostola auturga).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyncostola-auturga.

BibTeX
@misc{pyncostola_auturga_2026,
  title = {Pyncostola auturga (Pyncostola auturga)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyncostola-auturga},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}