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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) » Jaguar Flower Moth - Hodges#11132 (Schinia jaguarina)

Species Schinia jaguarina - Jaguar Flower Moth - Hodges#11132

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Internet References
Schinia jaguarina Noctuidae: Schinia jaguarina - Schinia jaguarina Jaguar Flower Moth - Hodges#11132 - Schinia jaguarina Hodges#11132 - Schinia jaguarina Cosima? - Schinia jaguarina Schinia jaguarina Schinia jaguarina Jaguar Flower Moth - Hodges#11132 - Schinia jaguarina
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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 jaguarina (Jaguar Flower Moth - Hodges#11132)
Hodges Number
11132
Other Common Names
Scurf-pea flower moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia jaguarina (Guenée, 1852)
Size
30 mm wingspan
Identification
Pattern distinctive.
Range
Florida, Illinois west to Great Plains--north to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta, west to Arizona, southward into Mexico (Strickland Museum)
Habitat
typically grasslands with host plant
Season
June-July (Alberta)
Life Cycle
larvae feed on Scurf pea (Psoralea spp.) (Moths of North Dakota).
Internet References
Butterflies and Moths of North America--Schinia jaguarina
Moth Photographer's Group--11132 – Schinia jaguarina
Strickland Museum--Schinia jaguarina
Moths of North Dakota--Schinia jaguarina
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 October, 2009 - 1:00pm

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