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Pyncostola dicksoni

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pyncostola dicksoni 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 dicksoni

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 dicksoni 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 dicksoni 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

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pyncostola dicksoni 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 dicksoni classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPyncostola
  7. SpeciesPyncostola dicksoni Janse, 1950

Synonyms Pycnostola dicksoni

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pyncostola dicksoni

Other species in the same genus Pyncostola.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pyncostola dicksoni live?

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

What kind of animal is Pyncostola dicksoni?

Pyncostola dicksoni (Pyncostola dicksoni) 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 dicksoni (Pyncostola dicksoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyncostola-dicksoni

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pyncostola_dicksoni_2026,
  title = {Pyncostola dicksoni (Pyncostola dicksoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyncostola-dicksoni},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}