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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) » Lynx Flower Moth - Hodges#11117 (Schinia lynx)

Species Schinia lynx - Lynx Flower Moth - Hodges#11117

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · 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 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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