Hyperstrotia villificans
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Hyperstrotia villificans is a small in the Erebidae, Boletobiinae, described by Barnes and McDunnough in 1918 from North America. Originally described as Cryphia villificans, it was later transferred to the Hyperstrotia. The belongs to the tribe Phytometrini, a group of generally small, moths often associated with wooded or shrubby .
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North America
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Taxonomic Note
The was originally described in the Cryphia and later transferred to Hyperstrotia. NCBI lists the as , reflecting historical , while current treatments place it in Erebidae following molecular phylogenetic revisions of the .
Observation Record
As of the source data, iNaturalist records 74 observations of this , indicating it is documented but not frequently encountered.