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Pyncostola powelli

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pyncostola powelli 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 powelli

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 powelli 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 powelli is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pyncostola powelli 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 powelli classified?

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

Synonyms Pycnostola powelli

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pyncostola powelli

Other species in the same genus Pyncostola.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pyncostola powelli live?

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

What kind of animal is Pyncostola powelli?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pyncostola_powelli_2026,
  title = {Pyncostola powelli (Pyncostola powelli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyncostola-powelli},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}