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Species Polyhymno acaciella - Hodges#2210

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Moth unknown - Polyhymno acaciella Moth unknown - Polyhymno acaciella Polyhymno acaciella
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Thiotrichinae
Genus Polyhymno
Species acaciella (Polyhymno acaciella - Hodges#2210)

Hodges Number

2210

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Polyhymno acaciella Busck, [1901] 1900

Size

Wingspan: 12.5-14 mm (Busck 1900).

Range

Type locality: Texas.

Food

Sweet Acacia, Vachellia farnesiana, (Busck 1900).

See Also

Polyhymno luteostrigella Chambers, 1874 is described by Busck (1900) as smaller with markings lighter and more golden colored versus darker brown in acaciella.
Several cryptic species are apparently represented at BOLD based on DNA barcode.

Print References

Busck, A., 1900. New American Tineina. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 8(4): 235.
U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Holotype ♂

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 5 April, 2010 - 6:45am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 25 October, 2022 - 4:39am

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