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Macrochilo absorptalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Scientific name
  
Macrochilo absorptalis

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Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Rank
  
Species

Macrochilo absorptalis

Macrochilo absorptalis, the slant-lined owlet moth or slant-lined fan-foot, is a species of litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Manitoba to Nova Scotia, south to Georgia and Texas.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September. There is one generation per year in the north. There are two or more generations southward.

Larvae have been reared on yellowed and withered sedge leaves.

References

Macrochilo absorptalis Wikipedia