''Hyperstrotia pervertens'', the dotted graylet, is a
moth of the family
Erebidae
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. The species was
first described by
William Barnes
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and
James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in woodlands and forests of North America from
Missouri to
Nova Scotia, south to
Florida and
Texas. It is found in
New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia,
Quebec and
Ontario in
Canada. In the United States, it has been recorded in
Massachusetts,
Iowa,
New York
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and
South Carolina.
The
wingspan is about 16 mm. There is one principal generation.
References
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Boletobiinae
Moths of North America
Taxa named by William Barnes (entomologist)
Taxa named by James Halliday McDunnough
Moths described in 1918
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