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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Macrochilo » Twin-dotted Macrochilo - Hodges#8357.1 (Macrochilo hypocritalis)

Species Macrochilo hypocritalis - Twin-dotted Macrochilo - Hodges#8357.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Moth 061116bara - Macrochilo hypocritalis

unknown moth - Macrochilo hypocritalis - male

Macrochilo sp.? - Macrochilo hypocritalis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)

Genus Macrochilo

Species hypocritalis (Twin-dotted Macrochilo - Hodges#8357.1)

Hodges Number

8357.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Macrochilo hypocritalis Ferguson, 1982, n. sp.: Entomography, 1: 303–332.

Hormisa hypocritalis

* phylogenetic sequence #930509

Numbers

Seven Macrochilo species occur in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Wingspan about 18 mm.

Identification

In hypocritalis the ST line stops just shy of the apex (actually stopping against the distal edge just below the apex), whereas in absorptalis, it reaches the apex. (J.D. Roberts)

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD) from Mark Dreiling.

Range

Eastern US; does not fly in Canada [though a recent record from Michigan's thumb suggests that it should be looked for in southern Ontario]

Moth Photographers Group has large range map.

Habitat

Open, herb-dominated wetlands, including salt and freshwater marshes and wet, sedgy swales.

Adults are nocturnal and come to light.

See Also

Macrochilo hypocritalis and M. absorptalis forewings have more prominent PM and ST lines (compare images of these and related species at Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 23.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, live and pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 5 January, 2008 - 8:28pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, pomarinejaeger, Blocky
Last updated 23 November, 2021 - 2:57am

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