Macrochilo
Genus of moths
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Macrochilo is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. They are found in North America, Europe, and Madagascar. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.[1][2][3][4]
| Macrochilo | |
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| Macrochilo cribrumalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
| Genus: | Macrochilo Hübner, [1825] |
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Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Macrochilo:[5][6]
- Macrochilo absorptalis Walker, 1859 (slant-lined owlet) (North America)
- Macrochilo bivittata Grote, 1877 (two-striped cord grass moth) (North America)
- Macrochilo cribrumalis (Hübner, 1793) (dotted fan-foot) (Europe)
- Macrochilo fulicalis Smith, 1907
- Macrochilo hypocritalis Ferguson, 1982 (twin-dotted owlet) (North America)
- Macrochilo iteinalis Viette, 1956 (Madagascar)
- Macrochilo litophora Grote, 1873 (brown-lined owlet) (North America)
- Macrochilo louisiana Forbes, 1922 (louisiana macrochilo) (North America)
- Macrochilo morbidalis Guenée, 1854 (North America)
- Macrochilo orciferalis Walker, 1859 (bronzy owlet) (North America)
- Macrochilo oxymoralis Viette, 1956 (Madagascar)
- Macrochilo petrealis Grote, 1880
- Macrochilo santerivalis Ferguson, 1982 (North America)
