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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
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White moth - Macrochilo - male
Copyright © 2020 Lisa Gorn

White moth - Macrochilo - Male
Otsego County, New York, USA
August 3, 2019
10:23 pm
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Contributed by Lisa Gorn on 3 January, 2020 - 1:47pm
Last updated 6 January, 2020 - 4:34pm

Moved
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… Bob Biagi, 6 January, 2020 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

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… Bob Biagi, 6 January, 2020 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Male
Antennae base expanded = ♂
This might be a male in the genus Macrochilo, but I'm not sure. The wing markings are probably faded and most of the identifying scales have been worn off, as well as the entire fringe on both the fore-wings and the hind-wings.
… Bob Biagi, 5 January, 2020 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

 
maybe Sitochroa?
I have been puzzling over the absence of fringes: but I thought fringes were a product of wear, and therefore my moth must be a fresh one! (If I had thought it was such a worn moth I wouldn't have submitted it, so, sorry.)

However, now that missing fringes and wear are allowed, how about a Carrot Seed Moth (4986.1)?

Also, could you please clarify: by "antennae base expanded" do you mean the flat area a little way up in each antenna, or something else?
… Lisa Gorn, 6 January, 2020 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes & No
The flat area, near the base is correct. Several genera in the subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths) have males with some type of modified antennae.
Don't worry, sometimes moths will fly through a rain storm and this is how they come out. (neat, clean and symmetric, lol) They look a lot worse when we have to fish them out of the sink-drain.
The modified antennae feature does not occur in Sitochroa and also most of the other members of the super-family Pyraloidea.
… Bob Biagi, 6 January, 2020 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

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