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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 alencis - Hodges#11198 (Schinia alencis)

Species Schinia alencis - Hodges#11198

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · 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 alencis (Schinia alencis - Hodges#11198)
Hodges Number
11198
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia alencis (Harvey, 1875) (1)
Tricopis alencis Harvey, 1875 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932173 (3)
Size
Forewing length: (1)
♂ 9.7-11.8 mm.
♀ 9.9-11.6 mm.
Identification
The reniform spot is separated from the median band in Schinia alencis and is not in S. chryselloides or S. chrysellus
Schinia alencis has a wider median band with irregular edges as compared to the smoother edges in S. chrysellus. (1)
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Range
Southeastern Colorado, western Oklahoma to Texas and west to southeastern Arizona. (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Prairies and open hills. (1)
Season
Records of adults are mostly from July to November. (1)
Food
Larval host is suspected to be Heterotheca canescens (hoary false goldenaster). (1)
See Also
Schinia chryselloides
Schinia chrysellus
Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Harvey, L.F., 1875. On a new species of Tricopis and Homohadena and remarks on Homohadena induta. The Canadian Entomologist. p. 117. (2)
Pogue, M.G., & C.E. Harp, 2004. Systematics of Schinia chrysellus (Grote) complex: revised status of Schinia alencis (Harvey) with a description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa. 898:1-35. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Systematics of Schinia chrysellus (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia alencis with a description of two new species
Michael G. Pogue & Charles E. Harp. 2006. Magnolia Press Zootaxa 898: 1–35.
2.On a new species of Tricopis and Homohadena, and remarks on Homohadena induta
Leon F. Harvey. 1875. The Canadian Entomologist 7(6): 117-118.
3.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 .
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 January, 2010 - 10:43am
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 4:03pm

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