Macrochilo orciferalis

Macrochilo orciferalis
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)
Synonyms
  • Hormisa orciferalis Walker, 1859
  • Macrochilo harti French, 1894
  • Hormisa orciferalis pupillaris Grote, 1873

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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