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Pyncostola pentacentra

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pyncostola pentacentra 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 pentacentra

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 pentacentra 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 pentacentra 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 pentacentra 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 pentacentra classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPyncostola
  7. SpeciesPyncostola pentacentra (Meyrick, 1912)

Synonyms Paltodora pentacentra

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pyncostola pentacentra

Other species in the same genus Pyncostola.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pyncostola pentacentra live?

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

What kind of animal is Pyncostola pentacentra?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pyncostola_pentacentra_2026,
  title = {Pyncostola pentacentra (Pyncostola pentacentra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyncostola-pentacentra},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}