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Pyncostola lacteata

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Pyncostola lacteata

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 lacteata 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 lacteata is listed for 1 country.

Namibia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Namibia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pyncostola lacteata 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 lacteata classified?

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

Synonyms Pycnostola lacteata

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pyncostola lacteata

Other species in the same genus Pyncostola.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pyncostola lacteata live?

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

What kind of animal is Pyncostola lacteata?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pyncostola_lacteata_2026,
  title = {Pyncostola lacteata (Pyncostola lacteata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyncostola-lacteata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}