Hyperstrotia villificans (Barnes & McDunnough)

Pogue, Michael G., 2012, The Aventiinae, Boletobiinae, Eublemminae, Pangraptinae, Phytometrinae, and Scolecocampinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A., Zootaxa 3153, pp. 1-31 : 21-22

6. Hyperstrotia villificans (Barnes & McDunnough) White-lined Graylet

( Figs. 35–37 , Map 18)

Identification. Forewing length 8.0– 9.5 mm. Hyperstrotia villificans is darker than H. pervertens with more distinct white antemedial and postmedial lines and various intensities of darker lines associated with these white lines; reniform spot is usually 2 small dots or an elongate dash; outer margin with small, dark gray, elongate spots. Hind wing is gray.

Flight period. Late April to August, apparently multiple brooded.

Collected localities. North Carolina: Haywood Co.: Cove Creek Rd.; Purchase Knob at house; 0.72 mi from Mt. Sterling trailhead on Mt. Sterling trail; Swain Co.: Big Cove Rd., site b, site c, site p, site w; 0.5 km from mouth of Chambers Creek, 300 feet up hillside on NW side; 300 feet above lake on Welch Ridge; 0.7 km up creek from mouth of Goldmine Creek; 0.7 km S of Payne Cemetery; 0.4 km up trail from lake on Forney Creek; 0.2 km W mouth of Hazel Creek; Hazel Creek, Bradshaw Cemetery; Hazel Creek, below Bradshaw Cemetery; Hazel Creek, Proctor Cemetery. Tennessee: Blount Co.: Cades Cove Ranger Station; Tremont; Foothills Parkway West at E end; John Oliver Cabin; Cocke Co.: Foothills Parkway East; Foothills Parkway East at I-40; Foothills Parkway East at pull-off between 2nd and 3rd overlook, up trail to right; Foothills Parkway East, 4.5 mi from Rt. 321, 3rd overlook; 0.6 mi from state route 32 on road to Cosby Campground. (51 specimens)

Elevation range. 1330–4800 ft. (405–1463 m)

General distribution. Ranges from Maine to Florida, west to Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.

Larval hosts. American elm ( Ulmus americana L., Ulmaceae ) ( Covell 1984); oak ( Quercus sp., Fagaceae and hickory Carya sp., Juglandaceae ) ( Wagner 2005).

MAP 18. Collecting localities of Hyperstrotia villificans .

Figures

FIGURES 33 – 55. Adults. 33, Hyperstrotia secta, m, North Carolina, Jackson Co.: Balsam, 24 June 1974, D. C. Ferguson; 34, Hyperstrotia secta, f, Maryland, Prince Georges Co.: Beltsville, 26 May, 1986, D. C. Ferguson; 35, Hyperstrotia villificans, m, North Carolina, Swain Co.: Hazel Creek, Bradshaw Cemetery, GSMNP, 2040 ft., 23 July 2007, M. Pogue, D. Adamski, M. Metz, GSMNP 0047; 36, Hyperstrotia villificans, f, North Carolina, Swain Co.: Hazel Creek, Bradshaw Cemetery, GSMNP, 2040 ft., 23 July 2007, M. Pogue, D. Adamski, M. Metz, GSMNP 0046; 37, Hyperstrotia villificans, f, Maryland, Montgomery Co.: Colesville, 8 Aug. 1980, D. C. Ferguson; 38, Abablemma brimleyana, m, Florida, Putnam Co., University Reserve, Welaka, 5 Apr. 1972, D. C. Ferguson; 39, Abablemma brimleyana, f, South Carolina, Charleston Co., Wedge Plantation, McClellanville, 3 June 1978, D. C. Ferguson; 40, Arugisa lutea, m, Florida, Monroe Co., Big Pine Key, 26 Nov. 1976, D. C. Ferguson; 41, Arugisa lutea, m, Maryland, Dorchester Co., Decoursey Bridge Rd., 13 Aug. 1993, J. Glaser; 42, Gabara subnivosella, m, Tennessee, Blount Co., Ace Gap Trailhead, 24 July 2000, M. G. Pogue; 43, Gabara subnivosella, m, Kansas, Johnson Co., Shawnee Mission Park, 17 June 1962, J. R. Heitzman; 44, Gabara subnivosella, m, Massachusetts, Nantucket Co., Nantucket, 12 July, 1928; 45, Gabara subnivosella, m, Massachusetts, Dukes Co., Martha’s Vineyard, 23 July, F. M. Jones; 46, Isogona tenuis, m, Tennessee, Blount Co., Campsite 6, along Scott Mtn. Trail, 3324 ft., 5 Aug. 2003, M. G. Pogue, USNM 00219096; 47, Isogona tenuis, f, Texas, Hidalgo Co., Santa Ann Refuge, 9 Mar. 1977, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 48, Isogona tenuis, f, Texas, Nickel Creek, Guadalupe Mts., 5000 ft., 22 May 1973, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 49, Nigetia formosalis, m, North Carolina, Haywood Co., Cataloochee, downhill from pull-off, 3440 ft., 19 July 2007, M. Pogue, D. Adamski, M. Metz; 50, Scolecocampa liburna, m, Tennessee, Sevier Co., Greenbrier area, end of Ramsey Cascade Rd., uphill from parking lot, 2066 ft., 26 June 2004, M. G. Pogue, USNM 00221326; 51, Scolecocampa liburna, m, Tennessee, Sevier Co., Greenbrier area, end of Ramsey Cascade Rd., uphill from parking lot, 2066 ft., 26 June 2004, M. G. Pogue, USNM 00221327; 52, Sigela brauneata, m, Tennessee, Cocke Co., 0.6 mi from Jct. of Rt. 32 on road to Cosby campground, 1765 ft., GSMNP, 28 July 2007, M. Pogue, D. Adamski, M. Metz, GSMNP 1907; 53 Sigela penumbrata, m, Texas, Nueces Co., N. Padre Island, 21 June 1977, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 54, Sigela penumbrata, m, Florida, Monroe Co., Big Pine Key, 26 Nov. 1976, D. C. Ferguson; 55, Sigela penumbrata, f, Florida, Dade Co., Homestead, 26 Nov. 1976, D. C. Ferguson.