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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Polyhymno |
| Species: | P. tropaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyhymno tropaea Meyrick, 1908
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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
edit- ^ 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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