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Species Macrochilo litophora - Brown-lined Owlet - Hodges#8358

Representative Images

brown-lined owlet - Macrochilo litophora Moth - maybe Brown-lined Owlet Moth? - Macrochilo litophora Brown-Lined Owlet Moth - Macrochilo litophora Brown-lined Owlet - Macrochilo litophora moth 1 - Macrochilo litophora Brown-lined Owlet - Hodges#8358 - Macrochilo litophora Macrochilo litophora (Brown-Lined Owlet) - Macrochilo litophora Brown-lined owlet - Macrochilo litophora
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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 litophora (Brown-lined Owlet - Hodges#8358)

Hodges Number

8358

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Litognatha litophora (Grote, 1873)
Hormisa litophora (Smith, 1893)

Identification

See printed references below.

Range

eastern US and Ontario & Quebec

See Also

Zanclognatha pedipilalis

Print References

Description by Grote in the "Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences" 1874, p. 86 here
Description by Smith in the "Bulletin Of The Untied States Of America No. 48" 1895, p. 48 here

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcoding Life (BOLD)
live adult image (Larry Line)
pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 January, 2005 - 6:27pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Ted Kropiewnicki, Fyn Kynd, Steve Morris
Last updated 28 April, 2023 - 10:48am

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