''Afropsipyla pictella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''

Afropsipyla ''Afropsipyla'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Boris Balinsky in 1994. It contains the species ''A. pictella'' from Namibia and ''A. similis'' from South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), ...

''. It was described by

Boris Balinsky Borys Ivanovych Balinsky (23 September 1905 – 1 September 1997) was a Ukrainian and South African biologist, embryologist, entomologist, professor of Kyiv University and University of the Witwatersrand. Pioneer researcher in the field of exp ...

in 1994 and is known from

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

(it was described from Abachaus) and

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

References

Moths described in 1994 Phycitinae Moths of Africa {{Phycitinae-stub