Macrochilo absorptalis
| Macrochilo absorptalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Macrochilo |
| Species: | M. absorptalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrochilo absorptalis (Walker, 1859) | |
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The Slant-lined Fan-foot (Macrochilo absorptalis) 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.
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