Polyhymno palinorsa

Polyhymno palinorsa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by English entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Namibia and South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng).[1][2]

Polyhymno palinorsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Polyhymno
Species:
P. palinorsa
Binomial name
Polyhymno palinorsa
Meyrick, 1909

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a moderate white median longitudinal streak from the base to the termen, becoming linear posteriorly. There is a fine white line immediately beneath the costa from near the base to the middle, then running obliquely into the median streak near the termen and there is a white sub-dorsal line from near the base almost to the tornus. A white line is found along the submedian fold posteriorly almost rising out of the median streak. There is also a white somewhat upwards-oblique streak lying between the posterior half of this and the median streak and an oblique white line from the costa about two-thirds to the apex of the median streak, the extremity greyish. A pale ochreous-yellowish streak runs from above the posterior portion of this to the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. "Polyhymno Chambers, 1874" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2 (1): 15 Archived 2014-09-05 at the Wayback Machine


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