Chocolate Fan-foot

Macrochilo orciferalis

''Macrochilo orciferalis'', the chocolate fan-foot or bronzy macrochilo, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas.
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Appearance

The wingspan is about 24 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There are at least two generations per year in the northeast.
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Food

Larvae have been reared on blueberry and dead grass.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusMacrochilo
SpeciesM. orciferalis
Photographed in
United States of America