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Species Schinia hulstia - Hulst's Flower Moth - Hodges#11193

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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 hulstia (Hulst's Flower Moth - Hodges#11193)
Hodges Number
11193
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia hulstia Tepper, 1883
Lyganthoecia tenuescens Grote, 1883
* phylogenetic sequence #932178
Explanation of Names
At the request of John B. Smith, Tepper named this species in honor of George D. Hulst (1846–1900), a Brooklyn, N.Y. clergyman, botanist and entomologist. J.B Smith replaced Hulst as entomologist at Rutgers' New Jersey Agricultural Experiment station.
Range
Great Plains from North Dakota to Texas, in south ranging eastward to Arkansas and westward to California (Moths of North Dakota)
See Also
Schinia reniformis; Schinia cumatilis
Print References
Grote, A. R. 1883. New species and notes on the structure of moths and genera. Canadian Entomologist 15(7): 128 (Lyganthoecia tenuescens)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Moths of North Dakota - species page