Macrochilo orciferalis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Macrochilo
- Species
- Macrochilo orciferalis
- Scientific Name
- Macrochilo orciferalis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Macrochilo orciferalis
Macrochilo orciferalis, the chocolate fan-foot or bronzy macrochilo, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas.
The wingspan is about 24 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There are at least two generations per year in the northeast.
Larvae have been reared on blueberry and dead grass.
...Macrochilo orciferalis in languages:
- English
- Bronzy Macrochilo Moth
- English
- Bronzy Owlet
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