Moths of North Carolina
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1 NC Records

Hyperstrotia villificans (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Phytometrinae		P3 Number:
930730		 MONA Number:
9038.00
Species Status: Hyperstrotia villificans was the name that was previously applied to most of the specimens of this complex that have been recorded in North Carolina. Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015), however, reported that villificans was actually a synonym of H. nana. That decision, however, was subsequently retracted by Schmidt et al. (2018), based on DNA analysis, but without providing any way to distinguish between the two species based on external features. We kept the name that we had been previously using but new information indicates that true villificans is a more northern species and that the form we have is what is currently recognized as nana. Consequently, we have now moved all of our records to that name, although it remains to be confirmed that villificans does not, in fact, occur in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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Hyperstrotia villificans
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
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Larval Host Plants: We are unsure of the hosts that are used in North Carolina, if in fact this species is found in our state. - View
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Status in North Carolina
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State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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