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Bronzy Owlet
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.
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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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 177215.