Dyar-1900
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Glyphipterix quadragintapunctata
Glyphipterix quadragintapunctata is a sedge moth species described by Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr. in 1900. It belongs to the family Glyphipterigidae, a group of small moths often associated with sedges and other monocot plants. The species is known from scattered records in the eastern United States. Its specific epithet 'quadragintapunctata' (meaning 'forty-spotted') suggests a distinctive spotted wing pattern.