Polyhymno Moth
Polyhymno luteostrigella Chambers, 1874
Polyhymno Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/5774
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Hodges #2211 
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Found throughout the Southeast, north to Massachusetts and Illinois. In Maryland recorded from the Ridge and Valley to the Coastal Plain. There appears to be a spring and a late summer brood. Flights times from the MBP database are 5/15 - 5/24 and 8/8 - 9/21.

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Host plant unknown.

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Polyhymno luteostrigella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Polyhymno
Species:
P. luteostrigella
Binomial name
Polyhymno luteostrigella
Chambers, 1874
Synonyms
  • Polyhymno fuscostrigella Chambers, 1876

Polyhymno luteostrigella, the polyhymno moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Texas to Florida, north to Connecticut and Kentucky.[1] It is also found in Cuba and Puerto Rico.

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