Magonympha

Magonympha is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Magonympha chrysocosma, which is found in southern India.[1]

Magonympha
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Magonympha

Meyrick, 1916
Species:
M. chrysocosma
Binomial name
Magonympha chrysocosma
Meyrick, 1916

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewings are bronzy-yellow-ochreous with four narrow silvery-white transverse fasciae, in the disc more silvery or in lowland specimens pale golden-metallic, more or less edged with dark fuscous irroration, somewhat dilated at the extremities, the first at one-third, the second in the middle, slightly oblique, the third at two-thirds and the fourth at five-sixths, narrowest and rather inwards-oblique. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish.[2]

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