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

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

#11193 - Schinia hulstia? - Schinia hulstia

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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

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 10 June, 2009 - 3:27pm
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Last updated 21 August, 2023 - 7:41am

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