Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia miniana (Grote, 1881)
Rhododipsa miniana Grote, 1881
Schinia pallicincta Smith, 1906
Phylogenetic sequence # 932138
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 123 species of the genus
Schinia in America north of Mexico.
(1)
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011) added three additional species.
(2)Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 10-12 mm.
(3)Identification
Adult: forewing light brownish-yellow with broad pale AM and PM lines; AM line almost straight, PM line gently sinuous; reddish line or shading often present in subterminal area and sometimes in median area; hindwing gray with variably intense to faint reddish tint (sometimes lacking).
Range
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the range to include California to western Texas, north to Colorado and Nevada .
(3)Season
The flight period appears to be March to September.
(4)Food
Hardwick (1972) reported the larvae feed on the flowers of
laxflower (
Baileya pauciradiata) and
desert marigold (
Baileya multiradiata).
See Also
Schinia biundulata has the forewing AM line more curved near the costa, and the hindwing is gray without a reddish tint.
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1881. Moths collected by Prof. Snow in New Mexico, with list of Eudriini.
Papilio 1(9):
175
Hardwick, D.F. 1972. The life history of
Schinia pallicincta (Noctuidae).
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 26(1):
29; figs. 1-8.
Full text PDF
Holland, W. J. 1922.
The Moth Book. pl.27, f.23
(5)
Pogue, M.G., Ooellette, G.D & C.E. Harp, 2013. A revision of the
Schinia volupia (Fitch) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae).
Zootaxa, 3716(2): 157-191.
(6)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009.
Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. plate 52, fig. 43; p. 292.
(3)
Smith, J.B. 1906. New Noctuidae for 1906, no.1.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 14(1):
24.
