Macrochilo bivittata, the two-striped snout-moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1877. It is found from the Atlantic coast west across the parklands and southern boreal forest of North America to central Alberta, south to Massachusetts and Ohio.

Macrochilo bivittata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Macrochilo
Species:
M. bivittata
Binomial name
Macrochilo bivittata
Grote, 1877
Synonyms
  • Hormisa bivittata (Grote, 1877)

The wingspan is 27–28 mm. Adults are on wing in July in Alberta.

References

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  • "930506.00 – 8359 – Macrochilo bivittata – Two-striped Owlet Moth – (Grote, 1877)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  • McLeod, Robin (September 15, 2018). "Species Macrochilo bivittata - Two-striped Owlet Moth - Hodges#8359". BugGuide. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  • Anweiler, G. G. & Robinson, E. "Species Details Macrochilo bivittata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 12, 2020.