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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Heliothinae » Flower Moths (Schinia) » Schinia ligeae - Hodges#11160 (Schinia ligeae)

Species Schinia ligeae - Hodges#11160

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Heliothinae
Genus Schinia (Flower Moths)
Species ligeae (Schinia ligeae - Hodges#11160)
Hodges Number
11160
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia ligeae Smith, 1893
Phylogenetic sequence # 932137 (1)
Size
Wingspan average 26.9 mm. (2)
Identification
The original description is available online in the print references.
Description of all stages in PDF. (2)
Range
Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. (3)
Food
Larvae on Xylorhiza tortifolia [Machaeranthera tortifolius] (Gray) (Mojave aster). (2)
See Also
Schinia intrabilis
Print References
Smith, J.B. 1893. Descriptions of Noctuidae from the Death Valley. Insect Life. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology. 5(5): 331, fig. 46.2.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.The life history of Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae)
D. F. Hardwick. 1970. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 25(4): 274-277.
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Chris Grinter on 19 July, 2011 - 2:33am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 3:39pm

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