Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Polyhymno | |
Polyhymno tropaea is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Namibia and South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng and the North-West province).
The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are bronzy-fuscous irrorated 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.