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Species Schinia lynx - Lynx Flower Moth - Hodges#11117

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Lynx Flower Moth ? - Schinia lynx Lynx Flower Moth, 11117 - Schinia lynx 7/23/18 moth 2 - Schinia lynx Schinia lynx - Schinia lynx Schinia lynx Arizona Moth - Schinia lynx Schinia lynx Lynx Flower Moth - Hodges#11117 - Schinia lynx
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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 lynx (Lynx Flower Moth - Hodges#11117)

Hodges Number

11117

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Schinia lynx (Guenée, 1852)
Anthoecia lynx Guenée, 1852
Phylogenetic sequence # 932120 (1)

Numbers

Size

Wingspan 18-22 mm.

Identification

Colors and markings of this moth are extremely variable.

Range

southern Ontario, Quebec and Maine - south to Florida and Texas
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Food

The larvae feed on Erigeron (fleabane).

See Also

Schinia errans

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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Guenée, 1852. Noctuidae. II, p. 185.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Noctuoidea of Canada (J. T. Troubridge & J. D. Lafontaine)
Lepbarcoding.org

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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 27 July, 2007 - 9:35am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 3:37pm

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