Schinia regina

Schinia regina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species: S. regina
Binomial name
Schinia regina
Pogue & Harp, 2003

The Reginia Primrose Moth (Schinia regina) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern and western Texas, north to the panhandle, north-western Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and west to southern New Mexico and eastern Colorado.

The wingspan is 26–30 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Palafoxia sphacelata.


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