Macrochilo bivittata

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


The Two-striped Snout-moth (Macrochilo bivittata) is a species of litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from the Atlantic coast west across the parklands and southern boreal forest to central Alberta, south to Massachusetts and Ohio.

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


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