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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) » Schinia bimatris - Hodges#11201 (Schinia bimatris)
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Unknown Moth - Schinia bimatris
Copyright © 2020 John Trent

Unknown Moth - Schinia bimatris
Midway, Bullock County, Alabama, USA
September 13, 2019
[Pygarctia flavidorsalis?](https://bugguide.net/node/view/90493)



https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32735025
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Contributed by John Trent on 24 September, 2020 - 1:59pm
Last updated 9 June, 2021 - 9:31pm

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths and kin.
… Jason D. Roberts, 9 June, 2021 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

Question
I believe I know the species of this moth, but to be sure I'd like to know: Is your area, or an area nearby, a habitat type consisting of a more sandy soil type (as opposed to clay-like) with tracts of either Long-leaf or Short-leaf Pine forest?
… Jason D. Roberts, 9 June, 2021 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
RE:Question
Yes to all questions. Shortleaf is the most dominant, with several hundred acres of reforested long leaf. Rx burned on regular basis as well.
… John Trent, 9 June, 2021 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Perfect
I was pretty sure this was a Schinia bimatris (sometimes called the White Flower Moth), but I wanted to double check the habitat because they're pretty habitat specific. Excellent find, and first one for the guide. I'll move it over to the species page.
… Jason D. Roberts, 9 June, 2021 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Appreciate you following up with it. Will be on the lookout for more this fall
… John Trent, 10 June, 2021 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

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