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Polyhymno pleuracma

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Polyhymno pleuracma 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 pleuracma

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 pleuracma 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 pleuracma 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 pleuracma 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 pleuracma classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPolyhymno
  7. SpeciesPolyhymno pleuracma Meyrick, 1926

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Polyhymno pleuracma

Other species in the same genus Polyhymno.

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Common questions

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Where does Polyhymno pleuracma live?

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

What kind of animal is Polyhymno pleuracma?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{polyhymno_pleuracma_2026,
  title = {Polyhymno pleuracma (Polyhymno pleuracma)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/polyhymno-pleuracma},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}