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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 » Brown-lined Owlet - Hodges#8358 (Macrochilo litophora)
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UI Moth - Macrochilo litophora
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Gingold

UI Moth - Macrochilo litophora
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 23, 2009
Size: @1 1/4"
This very much resembles a Zanclognatha that I posted a while ago. Is that close?

Thanks.
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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 24 June, 2009 - 6:27pm
Last updated 6 January, 2015 - 9:26pm

Moved
Moved from Zanclognatha.
… A. Hendrickson, 6 January, 2015 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

Looks a lot like
Macrochilo litophora
… David J. Ferguson, 6 January, 2015 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Reniform
Could you take another look. I think I agree with you but Ann pointed out to me that the reniform spot seems crescent shaped. I can't find a good description other than by Smith in the "Bulletin Of The Untied States Of America No. 48" 1895, p. 48 here. In it is mentioned "... Reniform marked by two black dots at end of the cell..." When reniform markings are visible, most examples do seem to have one or two dots but not a crescent.

BOLD images of Zanclognatha pedipilalis look very similar to this but they all have a more obvious st. line. I am wondering if they can get to this extreme.

Edit - I am adding info to the Info pages of both species to mention that these are similar species and will mention the reniform spot so it would be great to know what your thoughts are on this. Thanks!
… Steve Nanz, 9 January, 2015 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
David
Nice to hear from you again. Thank you for the correction. I DID consider this one, but remember going back to check his earlier post. Then I imagined I saw a bit of a worn line near the Costa. I just downloaded the image and tried Steve Nanz' trick of fiddling with the color and contrast to make the lines show up and none did! Sorry for the error.
… A. Hendrickson, 6 January, 2015 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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… David J. Ferguson, 6 January, 2015 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Litter Moths.

I think it might be the same species but the PM line is totally worn off.
… A. Hendrickson, 5 January, 2015 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

Thanks!
Thank you David and Jo-Ann for the move and suggestion. I found a couple that seemed similar, but not a definite match yet. I'll continue looking through the Herminiinae.
… Stephen Gingold, 26 July, 2009 - 4:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 July, 2009 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

Try looking in this group-I'm
Try looking in this group-I'm not great with these.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/12335/bgimage
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 26 June, 2009 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

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