Macrochilo bivittata Grote, 1877 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Macrochilo bivittata Grote, 1877

Macrochilo bivittata Grote, 1877

Macrochilo bivittata, the two-striped snout-moth, is an erebid litter moth found across parts of North America.

Family
Genus
Macrochilo
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Macrochilo bivittata Grote, 1877

Macrochilo bivittata, commonly called the two-striped snout-moth, is a litter moth in the family Erebidae. This species was first formally described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1877. Its distribution spans North America, reaching from the Atlantic coast westward across parklands and the southern boreal forest to central Alberta, and extending south to the states of Massachusetts and Ohio. This moth has a wingspan of 27 to 28 millimeters. In the region of Alberta, adult individuals are active in flight during the month of July.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Macrochilo

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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