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Polyhymno chionomima

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Polyhymno chionomima is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Polyhymno chionomima

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Polyhymno chionomima live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Polyhymno chionomima is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Polyhymno chionomima endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Polyhymno chionomima classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPolyhymno
  7. SpeciesPolyhymno chionomima (Meyrick, 1929)

Synonyms Gelechia chionomima

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Polyhymno chionomima

Other species in the same genus Polyhymno.

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Common questions

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Where does Polyhymno chionomima live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Polyhymno chionomima for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Polyhymno chionomima?

Polyhymno chionomima (Polyhymno chionomima) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Polyhymno chionomima (Polyhymno chionomima). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/polyhymno-chionomima

MLA

“Polyhymno chionomima (Polyhymno chionomima).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/polyhymno-chionomima.

BibTeX
@misc{polyhymno_chionomima_2026,
  title = {Polyhymno chionomima (Polyhymno chionomima)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/polyhymno-chionomima},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}