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Species Schinia meadi - Mead's Flower Moth - Hodges#11175

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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 meadi (Mead's Flower Moth - Hodges#11175)

Hodges Number

11175

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Schinia meadi (Grote, 1873)

Size

24 mm wingspan

Range

Saskatchewan, Alberta west Washington, south to Arizona and New Mexico (Strickland Museum)

Habitat

grasslands, prairies

Season

June-July

Life Cycle

unknown

Internet References

Butterflies and Moths of North America--Schinia meadi
Moth Photographer's Group--Schinia meadi
Strickland Museum--Schinia meadi
Moths of North Dakota--Schinia meadi
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 October, 2009 - 1:14pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 8 December, 2015 - 10:21am

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