# Polygrammate

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Redirect-distinguish2|Hebrew moth|two other moths: the [Hebrew character](/source/Hebrew_character) and the [setaceous Hebrew character](/source/setaceous_Hebrew_character)}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Polygrammate hebraeicum.jpg
| image2 = Polygrammate hebraeicumZK.jpg
| taxon = Polygrammate hebraeicum
| parent_authority = [Hübner](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner), 1818
| authority = Hübner, 1818
| synonyms = 
Generic<br/>
*''[Diphthera](/source/Diphthera_(moth))'' <small>Hübner, 1809</small>
*''Grammophora'' <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
Specific<br/>
*''Polygrammate hebraea'' <small>Guenée, 1852</small> (missp.)
}}

'''''Polygrammate''''' is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) [moth](/source/moth) genus of the family [Noctuidae](/source/Noctuidae).<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=July 11, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acronictinae/polygrammate/ |title=''Polygrammate'' Hübner, 1818 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=May 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{LepIndex |id=268386 |accessdate=May 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=23602.0 |title=''Polygrammate'' Hübner, 1818 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=[Natural History Museum, London](/source/Natural_History_Museum%2C_London) |accessdate=May 23, 2020}}</ref> Its only species, '''''Polygrammate hebraeicum''''', the '''Hebrew moth''' or '''Hebrew''', is found in the eastern parts of North America, from [Ontario](/source/Ontario), south to [Florida](/source/Florida) and as far west as [Texas](/source/Texas). Both the genus and the species were [first described](/source/Species_description) by [Jacob Hübner](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner) in 1818.
thumb|left|200px|''Polygrammate hebraeicum'' larvae

The [wingspan](/source/wingspan) is 23–39&nbsp;mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on [black gum](/source/Nyssa_sylvatica) trees.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat|Polygrammate hebraeicum}}
*{{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9285 |title=931497.00 – 9285 – ''Polygrammate hebraeicum'' – Hebrew Moth – Hübner, 1818 |website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |accessdate=May 23, 2020}}
*[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Polygrammate+hebraeicum "''Polygrammate hebraeicum'' Hebrew Moth"]. ''NatureServe Explorer''. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

{{Taxonbar |from=Q5481347 |from2=Q13513917}}

Category:Acronictinae
Category:Moths of North America
Category:Moths described in 1818
Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Category:Monotypic moth genera

{{Acronictinae-stub}}

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