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Species Schinia argentifascia - Hodges#11180

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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 argentifascia (Schinia argentifascia - Hodges#11180)
Hodges Number
11180
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia argentifascia Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Phylogenetic sequence # 932163 (1)
Size
Forewing length 10-11 mm (PNW Moths).
Range
West Texas to southern California, north to Utah, Nevada, and southern Oregon (PNW Moth).
Food
Larval hosts are species of goldenbush (Ericameria) (PNW Moths).
Print References
Barnes W. & J. H. McDunnough, 1912. Fifty new species; notes on genus Alpheias. Cont. Nat. Hist. Lep. N. Am. 1(5): 3