A Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/21/2013). Verified by Maury J. Heiman/BugGuide.

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A Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/25/2016). Identification verified by Hugh McGuinness/iNaturalist.

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Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/12/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 212362 - Psn: 35)

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Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 495654 - Psn: 66)

Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Mike Mosser, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 987911 - Psn: 88)

Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Mike Mosser, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Slant-lined Owlet Moth.

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A Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/21/2013). Verified by Maury J. Heiman/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/25/2016). Identification verified by Hugh McGuinness/iNaturalist. View Record Details Media by Timothy Reichard.

Slant-lined Owlet Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Tom Feild.

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Source: Wikipedia

Macrochilo absorptalis

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Macrochilo
Species:	M. absorptalis
Binomial name
*Macrochilo absorptalis* (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
Hormisa absorptalis Walker, 1859 Litognatha nubilifascia Grote, 1873

Macrochilo absorptalis, the slant-lined owlet moth or slant-lined fan-foot, is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae. 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Hormisa absorptalis	Wikidata: Q6725196 BAMONA: Macrochilo-absorptalis BugGuide: 10240 EoL: 558994 GBIF: 1782365 iNaturalist: 177209 IRMNG: 11380656 ITIS: 939435 LepIndex: 290870 MONA: 8357 NCBI: 689135 Observation.org: 951819 Open Tree of Life: 4255078

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Slant-lined Owlet Moth

Macrochilo absorptalis Walker, 1859

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