''Magonympha'' is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species ''Magonympha chrysocosma'', which is found in southern

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. The

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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.Exot. Microlep. 1 (18): 572

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Gnorimoschemini Gelechiidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Gnorimoschemini-stub