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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)
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Backyard moth - Schinia
Copyright © 2016 Mouser Williams

Backyard moth - Schinia
White Rock, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, USA
August 11, 2016
Size: 18mm

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Contributed by Mouser Williams on 11 August, 2016 - 11:38am
Last updated 12 August, 2016 - 2:26pm

Moved
The genus Schinia is large and tricky, so one of the editors with experience with the group will need to ogle your pix for "confirmation."

Moved from ID Request.
… Tony Leukering, 12 August, 2016 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

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Take a look at . is also similar, but MPG does not show it in New Mexico and I think yours is more like the first one. Not a species ID without confirmation.
… A. Hendrickson, 11 August, 2016 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Also, this site shows records
Also, this site shows records for the S. trifascia in Arizona, which would make a NM record not unreasonable.

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Schinia-trifascia
… Mouser Williams, 11 August, 2016 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
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I agree, it is one of my 2, but I think it may usually exhibit a larger light area between the AM and PM lines if you look carefully at the MPG images.
… A. Hendrickson, 11 August, 2016 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Confirmation?
They both look really good for this species; I'm not sure how to differentiate between them. How does confirmation work?
… Mouser Williams, 11 August, 2016 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

 
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Some other editor or very experienced user has to agree with one or the other species. Sorry they are too close for me.
… A. Hendrickson, 12 August, 2016 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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