''Macrochilo hypocritalis'', the twin-dotted macrochilo, is a species of

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in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1982. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the eastern

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. The habitat consists of open, herb-dominated wetlands. The

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is about 18 mm. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Macrochilo hypocritalis'' is 8357.1.Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016).
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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Butterflies and Moths of North America

NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Macrochilo hypocritalis''
Herminiinae Moths described in 1982 {{Noctuoidea-stub

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