Schinia arcigera
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| Schinia arcigera | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. arcigera
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| Binomial name | |
| Schinia arcigera Guenée, 1852
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Schinia arcigera, the arcigera flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Arizona and Idaho, north to Saskatchewan.[1]
The wingspan is 22–25 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September in the northeast and from August to October in southern New Jersey.
The larvae feed on Symphyotrichum laeve, Symphyotrichum puniceum, Symphyotrichum ericoides and Psilactis tenuis.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- Schinia arcigera arcigera
- Schinia arcigera ferricasta Smith, 1906
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