''Macrochilo absorptalis'', the slant-lined owlet moth or slant-lined fan-foot, is a species of

litter moth The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushro ...

of the family Erebidae. It is found from

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, south to

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and

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. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a 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. Larvae have been reared on yellowed and withered sedge leaves.

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Herminiinae Moths of North America Moths described in 1859 {{Herminiinae-stub