Polyhymno hostilis

Polyhymno hostilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Polyhymno
Species:	P. hostilis
Binomial name
	Polyhymno hostilis; Meyrick, 1918

Last updated November 11, 2021

Polyhymno hostilis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Namibia, Zimbabwe and the South African provinces of Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are bronzy brown with a strong shining white median longitudinal streak from the base to near the termen, broadest beyond the middle, where it sends a line to the termen above the tornus, then narrowed to a point. A fine costal line is found almost from the base to the middle, then very obliquely to just above the apex of the median streak and there is a narrow subdorsal white streak from the base of the dorsum to the tornus. An oblique white line is found from four-fifths of the costa, becoming silvery metallic and angulated to form a short mark on the termen beneath the apex. Above the posterior part of this is an ochreous streak running into the apical projection and there is a wedge-shaped white spot before the termen in the middle, and some irregular white marking along the termen. The hindwings are bluish grey.^[3]

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References

↑ Savela, Markku (February 2, 2019). "Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 19 – via Sabinet.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku (February 2, 2019). "Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 19 – via Sabinet.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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