Macrochilo orciferalis
| Macrochilo orciferalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
| Genus: | Macrochilo |
| Species: | M. orciferalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrochilo orciferalis (Walker, 1859) | |
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The Chocolate Fan-foot (Macrochilo orciferalis) is a species of litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas.
The wingspan is about 24 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There are at least two generations per year in the north-east.
Larvae have been reared on blueberry and dead grass.
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