Schinia crotchii
| Schinia crotchii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. crotchii |
| Binomial name | |
| Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards, 1875) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Schinia crotchii is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from south-eastern Arizona west to the Peninsular Ranges of southern California and north in south-eastern Washington and southern Idaho.
It was formerly considered a synonym of Schinia cupes.
The wingspan is about 26 mm.
The larvae feed on Castilleja exserta.
External links
- Images
- Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
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