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Polyhymno lignicolor

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Polyhymno lignicolor 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 lignicolor

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 lignicolor 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 lignicolor is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Polyhymno lignicolor 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 lignicolor classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPolyhymno
  7. SpeciesPolyhymno lignicolor Janse, 1950

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Polyhymno lignicolor

Other species in the same genus Polyhymno.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Polyhymno lignicolor live?

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

What kind of animal is Polyhymno lignicolor?

Polyhymno lignicolor (Polyhymno lignicolor) 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 lignicolor (Polyhymno lignicolor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/polyhymno-lignicolor

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{polyhymno_lignicolor_2026,
  title = {Polyhymno lignicolor (Polyhymno lignicolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/polyhymno-lignicolor},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}