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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 » Bronzy Macrochilo - Hodges#8360 (Macrochilo orciferalis)

Species Macrochilo orciferalis - Bronzy Macrochilo - Hodges#8360

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
8360 – Bronzy Macrochilo Moth - Macrochilo orciferalis Bronzy Macrochilo - Hodges#8360 - Macrochilo orciferalis - male Bronzy Macrochilo - Hodges#8360 - Macrochilo orciferalis - female Bronzy Macrochilo - Macrochilo orciferalis - male Macrochilo orciferalis - Macrochilo orciferalis Macrochilo orciferalis - male Macrochilo orciferalis Moth 08.06.2022 - Macrochilo orciferalis
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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 orciferalis (Bronzy Macrochilo - Hodges#8360)
Hodges Number
8360
Range
eastern two-thirds of United States and adjacent parts of Canada (from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan)
Habitat
On Block Island, RI, the species is strongly associated with dune habitats.(1)
Season
On Block Island, RI, the species is bivoltine, with adults flying mainly in June and August. Adults have been recorded there from late May through mid-September.(1)
Food
Can be reared on blueberry, grasses or dead grass(2)
Life Cycle
Larva
Internet References
live adult images and dates (Larry Line, Maryland)
live adult images plus dates and common name reference (Bob Patterson, Moth Photographers Group)
Butterflies and Moths of North America
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.Block Island Moths
2.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 January, 2005 - 6:52pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki, marcie oconnor, Blocky
Last updated 17 June, 2022 - 6:46pm

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