Biology:Macrochilo bivittata
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Short description: Species of moth
| Macrochilo bivittata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Macrochilo |
| Species: | M. bivittata
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrochilo bivittata Grote, 1877
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Macrochilo bivittata, the two-striped snout-moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1877. It is found from the Atlantic coast west across the parklands and southern boreal forest of North America to central Alberta, south to Massachusetts and Ohio.
The wingspan is 27–28 mm. Adults are on wing in July in Alberta.
References
- "930506.00 – 8359 – Macrochilo bivittata – Two-striped Owlet Moth – (Grote, 1877)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8359. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- McLeod, Robin (September 15, 2018). "Species Macrochilo bivittata - Two-striped Owlet Moth - Hodges#8359". http://bugguide.net/node/view/10241. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- "Species Details Macrochilo bivittata". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-815.
Wikidata ☰ Q6725193 entry
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