Polyhymno paracma

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

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

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are ochreous-fuscous with a broad shining white sharply-defined median streak from the base to beyond five-sixths, the apex acute, the lower margin prominent beyond the middle of the wing and sending a fine branch along the fold almost to the tornus. There is a narrow shining, white subdorsal streak from the base to the tornus and a whitish line along the costa from about one-fourth to the middle, then obliquely to above the apex of the median streak. An oblique white striga is found from the costa about three-fourths to near the termen, the apex leaden-grey. There is also a suffused leaden-grey mark along the upper part of the termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

funet.fi
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 2 (1) : 15 Archived 2014-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] unet.fi

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 2 (1) : 15 Archived 2014-09-05 at the Wayback Machine