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title: "Morbid Owlet"
description: "Chytolita morbidalis — Insectos y arañas. Chytolita is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/morbid-owlet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Morbid Owlet

> Chytolita morbidalis — Insectos y arañas. Chytolita is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.

- Scientific name: *Chytolita morbidalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 13742
- Wikidata: [Q5118618](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5118618)
- iNaturalist taxon: [129226](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/129226)

## Names

- en: Morbid Owlet

## Countries with the most observations

US (6503), CA (1933)

## Summary

Chytolita is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. Its only species, Chytolita morbidalis, the morbid owlet moth or morbid owlet, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in large parts of North America, from coast to coast in the north and south to North Carolina, Texas and Florida in the west. The habitat consists of deciduous woods and edges.
The wingspan is 29–35 mm. The forewings are pale grayish white with diffuse, brownish or orangish lines. The hindwings are even paler with faint grayish veins. Adults are on wing from May to August…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chytolita

## Photo

![Morbid Owlet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/morbid-owlet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Lynn Harper · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50383549

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/morbid-owlet?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).