Polyhymno intorta

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

Polyhymno intorta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[1][2]

The wingspan is about 6 mm. The forewings are blackish with two closely parallel whitish median lines from the base, the upper not reaching the middle, the lower continued along the fold to the tornus. There is a whitish dorsal line from the base to the tornus and a very oblique whitish streak from two-fifths of the costa and a very oblique whitish line from one-third of the dorsum, meeting at an acute angle in the disc and produced to near the termen, then shortly acute-angled back parallel to the termen. A fine double dark fuscous line suffused with fulvous is found from three-fourths of the costa into the apex, then along the termen to the tornus, on the costal portion margined on each side by fine whitish lines. The hindwings are violet-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