Schinia deserticola
| Schinia deserticola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. deserticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Schinia deserticola Barnes & McDunnough, 1916 | |
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Schinia deserticola is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern California to south-eastern Arizona and north to west central Utah and south-eastern Oregon.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of Schinia cupes.
The wingspan is 22–28 mm.
The larvae feed on Camissonia claviformis.
External links
- Images
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
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