Macrochilo hypocritalis

Last updated

Macrochilo hypocritalis
- 8357.1 - Macrochilo hypocritalis - Twin-dotted Macrochilo Moth (27661865726).jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Macrochilo
Species:
M. hypocritalis
Binomial name
Macrochilo hypocritalis
Ferguson, 1982

Macrochilo hypocritalis, the twin-dotted macrochilo, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. [1] [2] The species was first described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1982. [3] It is found in North America, [2] where it has been recorded from the eastern United States. The habitat consists of open, herb-dominated wetlands.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. [1]

The MONA or Hodges number for Macrochilo hypocritalis is 8357.1. [4] [5]

Related Research Articles

<i>Macrochilo cribrumalis</i> Species of moth

Macrochilo cribrumalis, the dotted fan-foot, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1793. It is found in Europe.

<i>Macrochilo</i> Genus of moths

Macrochilo is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. They are found in North America, Europe, and Madagascar. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Paota is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. Its only species, Paota fultaria, was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882. It is found in North America and has a forewing length of 12 millimetres.

<i>Macrochilo orciferalis</i> Species of moth

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.

<i>Macrochilo litophora</i> Species of moth

Macrochilo litophora, the angulate fan-foot or brown-lined owlet moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found in the United States from Wisconsin, east to Massachusetts, south to North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Texas.

<i>Macrochilo louisiana</i> Species of moth

Macrochilo louisiana, the Louisiana macrochilo or Louisiana snout-moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1922. It is found in North America from Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas, north to Alberta.

Macrochilo bivittata, the two-striped snout-moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1877. It is found from the Atlantic coast west across the parklands and southern boreal forest of North America to central Alberta, south to Massachusetts and Ohio.

<i>Dysstroma ochrofuscaria</i> Species of moth

Dysstroma ochrofuscaria is a moth in the family Geometridae described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1983. It is found in North America.

<i>Heterocampa umbrata</i> Species of moth

Heterocampa umbrata, the white-blotched heterocampa, is a moth in the family Notodontidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Florida and coastal Georgia.

<i>Tricholita signata</i> Species of moth

Tricholita signata, the signate Quaker, is a moth in the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in North America.

Nemoria rubrifrontaria, the red-fronted emerald, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae, in the superfamily Geometroidea. The species was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1873. It is found in North America.

<i>Metalectra richardsi</i> Species of moth

Metalectra richardsi, or Richards' fungus moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was described by Auburn Edmond Brower in 1941. It is found in North America.

Hesperia attalus, the dotted skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers). It was described by William Henry Edwards in 1871 and is found in North America.

Sphingicampa bisecta, the bisected honey locust moth, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. The species was described by Joseph Albert Lintner in 1879. It is found in North America.

<i>Elaphria cornutinus</i> Species of moth

Elaphria cornutinus is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Sandra V. Saluke and Michael G. Pogue in 2000 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-eastern United States.

Annaphila arvalis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1875 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from foothill canyons and riparian habitats in south-eastern British Columbia, eastern Washington, north-central Oregon, south to southern California.

<i>Meropleon ambifusca</i> Species of moth

Meropleon ambifusca, or Newman's brocade, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Newman in 1948 and is found in North America.

Carteris oculatalis, the dotted carteris moth, is a species of litter moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in southern Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama. The species was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.

<i>Drepanulatrix falcataria</i> Species of moth

Drepanulatrix falcataria is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.

Macrochilo santerivalis, known generally as the floating water plantain moth or macrochilo moth, is a species of litter moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America.

References

  1. 1 2 "Macrochilo hypocritalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Macrochilo hypocritalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. "Macrochilo hypocritalis Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  5. "Macrochilo hypocritalis, Twin-dotted Macrochilo - Hodges 8357.1". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 20 January 2018.