Macrochilo litophora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Macrochilo |
Species: | M. litophora |
Binomial name | |
Macrochilo litophora Grote, 1873 | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. There is one generation per year in the north. There are two generations in southern Ohio and Missouri.
The larvae feed on dead grasses, clover and probably other organic matter.
Chytolita is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. Its only species, Chytolita morbidalis, the morbid owlet moth or morbid owlet, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in large parts of North America, from coast to coast in the north and south to North Carolina, Texas and Florida in the west. The habitat consists of deciduous woods and edges.
Macrochilo is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Phalaenostola is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.
Schinia saturata, the brown flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in the United States from south Texas to South Dakota, southeast Arizona and from Florida to South Carolina.
Eueretagrotis attentus, the attentive dart or daggered heath dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan and adjacent northern states, south in the Appalachians to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There is one record from northern Georgia.
Protolampra brunneicollis, the brown-collared dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is found in eastern North America from New Brunswick to Alberta in southern Canada, and in the United States from Maine to North Carolina and Tennessee west to Mississippi, north to Minnesota, with scattered records in the west from North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
Schinia nubila, the camphorweed flower moth or brown flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Herman Strecker in 1876. It is found from the US states of Oklahoma to New Jersey, south to Florida and Texas. Its range is expanding in the northeast. Furthermore, recorded from Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland.
Heliocheilus lupatus, the purple topper, lupatus straw moth or spotted straw moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875. It is found in the United States from Kentucky and central Connecticut south to Florida and Texas.
Redectis vitrea, the scalloped snout or white-spotted redectis, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878. It is found in the United States from Illinois to south-eastern Massachusetts, south to Texas and Florida.
Idia aemula, the common idia, powdered snout or waved tabby, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found from Canada south to Florida and Texas. It has been reported in the Palearctic.
Idia scobialis, the smoky idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880. It is found in North America from Michigan, southern Quebec and Maine, south to Florida and at least Kentucky.
Phalaenophana pyramusalis, the dark-banded owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia, south to North Carolina and Texas.
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.
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.
Phalaenostola larentioides, the black-banded owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found in North America from New Brunswick and Wisconsin to Maine, south to Florida and Texas, west to Ontario.
Isogona tenuis, the thin-lined owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found from Ontario, Wisconsin, Ohio and New Jersey, south to Florida and Texas.
Colobochyla interpuncta, the swamp belle or yellow-lined owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in North American wetlands from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia south to Florida and Texas.
Spargaloma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is Spargaloma sexpunctata, the six-spotted gray. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found from coast to coast in lower Canada south in the east to Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas, in the west to California.
Phyprosopus callitrichoides, the curve-lined owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in the US from New Hampshire to Florida, west to Montana and Texas.
Tarache terminimaculata, the curve-lined bird-dropping moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found in North America.