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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 crotchii - Hodges#11134.1 (Schinia crotchii)

Species Schinia crotchii - Hodges#11134.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · 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 crotchii (Schinia crotchii - Hodges#11134.1)

Hodges Number

11134.1

Size

male forewing length = 12.0-13.0 mm; female forewing length = 11.5-14.5 mm (1)

Identification

Description by Pogue & Harp (2003) can be found at link in citations below. (1)

Range

southeastern Arizona west to southern California and north to southeastern Washington and southern Idaho (1)

Season

early March to end of May (1)

See Also

Schinia cupes is almost identical but can be separated by range. (1)

Schinia deserticola has forewing ground color that is dirty white (the ground color of crotchii and cupes is light brown. Also, the orbicular spot of deserticola is distinct and more separated from the AM than is the case with crotchii and cupes. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Noctuidae: Heliothinae) Michael G. Pogue & Charles E. Harp. 2003. Magnolia Press Zootaxa 294: 1–16.

Contributed by Steve Morris on 27 April, 2023 - 5:13pm

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