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Polyhymno hostilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Namibia, Zimbabwe and the South African provinces of Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.

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.

References

1. Savela, Markku (February 2, 2019). "Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
3. Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 19 – via Sabinet. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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