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

Polyhymno hostilis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Namibia, South Africa (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal) and Zimbabwe.[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]

References

funet.fi
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 6 (2) : 19 Archived 2015-06-19 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] unet.fi

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 6 (2) : 19 Archived 2015-06-19 at the Wayback Machine