Polyhymno tropaea

Polyhymno tropaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Polyhymno
Species:	P. tropaea
Binomial name
	Polyhymno tropaea; Meyrick, 1908

Polyhymno tropaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Namibia and the South African provinces of Limpopo, Gauteng and North-West.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are bronzy fuscous irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with white markings. There is a median longitudinal streak from the base to the middle, then bent to meet at a very acute angle a narrow very oblique streak from the middle of the costa, the bent portion closely followed by a similar parallel streak meeting the same costal streak produced. There are two shorter less oblique costal streaks posteriorly, the second mostly in the cilia and edged with blackish. There is a narrow irregular streak along the posterior part of the fold and a narrow almost marginal streak along the lower half of the termen, extended round the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Polyhymno tropaea Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Polyhymno tropaea Meyrick, 1908". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1908: 728.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Polyhymno tropaea Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Polyhymno tropaea Meyrick, 1908". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[3] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1908: 728.