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]
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)
References
- ^ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (March 19, 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. S2CID 84249695.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (July 3, 2019). "Macrochilo Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Macrochilo Hübner, 1825". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Macrochilo Hübner". Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "GBIF, Macrochilo". Retrieved 2024-08-24.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Macrochilo at iNaturalist
Media related to Macrochilo at Wikimedia Commons
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