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Species Schinia siren - Alluring Schinia Moth - Hodges#11115

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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 siren (Alluring Schinia Moth - Hodges#11115)
Hodges Number
11115
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia siren (Strecker, 1876)
Heliothis siren Strecker 1876
Synonym
Schinia inclara [Hodges #11126]
*Phylogenetic sequence # 932123 (1)
Size
Wingspan about 22 mm.
Range
Arizona to Florida and north to Colorado, Nebraska and North Carolina
Season
Adults fly June through October
Food
The larval host is Verbesina encelioides (golden crownbeard).
Remarks
Type Locality: Texas (Strecker, 1876)
Print References
Strecker, 1876. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic, with descriptions and colored illustrations Lep. Rhopal. Het. 13. p. 122. FUll PDF