''Cynicostola'' is a
monotypic genus of
moth in the family
Lecithoceridae
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ...
. It contains the species ''Cynicostola pogonias'', which is found in southern
India.
The
wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous irregularly irrorated darker, the scaletips minutely whitish. The stigmata form small irregular dark fuscous spots, the plical rather beyond the first discal, connected with it and with the costa at one-fifth by oblique dark fuscous suffusion, edged posteriorly by an ochreous-whitish streak obtusely angulated on the fold and reaching the dorsum, the second discal whitish-ringed. There is a small
ochreous-whitish spot on the costa at four-fifths, where an obscurely indicated line, angulated first inwards and then outwards, runs to the tornus. The hindwings are grey.
Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 43
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References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Lecithoceridae
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Asia
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