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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 oculata - Hodges#11197 (Schinia oculata)

Species Schinia oculata - Hodges#11197

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · 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 oculata (Schinia oculata - Hodges#11197)

Hodges Number

11197

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Schinia oculata Smith, 1900 (1)

Schinia macroptica Smith, 1906

Phylogenetic sequence # 932170 (2)

Explanation of Names

Oculta is Latin meaning "eyed". [Randy Hardy]

Size

Hampson (1903) listed a wingspan of 28 mm.

Smith (1900) listed a wingspan of 23 mm. (1)

Identification

Smith (1900) is available in PDF or view online. (1)

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Southern California(4) to western Texas. (5)

Food

Larval host is Baccharis sarothroides (Desert Broom).

Print References

Hampson. G.F., 1903. Noctuidae. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 4: 75.

Smith, J.B., 1900. A hundred new species of the family Noctuidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 22: 488. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)

Works Cited

1.	A hundred new moths of the family Noctuidae John B. Smith. 1900. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22(1203): 413-495.

2.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 August, 2009 - 8:31pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 3:31pm

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