''Cynicostola'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species ''Cynicostola pogonias'', which is found in southern

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. The

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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 {{Lecithoceridae-stub