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Polyhymno luteostrigella - Hodges#2211 (Polyhymno luteostrigella)
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Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
Moth ID Request -
Polyhymno luteostrigella
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
August 24, 2008
Observed this little moth with a silvery sheen on a woodland Carex sp.
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Contributed by
Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
on 26 August, 2008 - 10:26pm
Last updated 15 December, 2010 - 5:43am
Moved
Moved from
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Steve Nanz
, 15 December, 2010 - 5:43am
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Polyhymno luteostrigella. There are a couple of lookalike species from widely separated families, but I think this one is your match.
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Anita Gould
, 9 December, 2010 - 9:04pm
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I Agree
I downloaded the images and lowered the exposure. The results matched as good as it gets. Nice work figuring that out.
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Steve Nanz
, 15 December, 2010 - 5:44am
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Leaf miner moth?
Can't think of anything else.
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James Bailey
, 27 August, 2008 - 1:00pm
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