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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 niveicosta - Hodges#11167 (Schinia niveicosta)

Species Schinia niveicosta - Hodges#11167

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · 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 niveicosta (Schinia niveicosta - Hodges#11167)
Hodges Number
11167
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia niveicosta (Smith, 1906)
Heliothis niveicosta Smith, 1906
Schinia melliflua Dyar, 1921
Food
Larval host plant: Palafoxia arida (syn. P. linearis)
Print References
Hardwick, D.F. 1966. The Life History of Schinia niveicosta (Noctuidae). J. Lepidopterists' Soc. 20(1): 29-34. PDF
Pogue, Michael G., and Charles E. Harp. 2003. A Review of the Schinia regia Species Complex with a Description of a New Species (Noctuidae: Heliothinae). J. Lepidopterists' Soc. 57(3): 197-203.PDF
Internet References
Photo of pinned specimen, larva, & distribution map at MPG
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (1)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 25 March, 2012 - 5:08pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 2 May, 2017 - 5:40pm

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