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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 mortua - Hodges#11131  (Schinia mortua)
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Need Schinia sp. - Schinia mortua
Copyright © 2010 James McDermott

Need Schinia sp. - Schinia mortua
Becker, Kaufman County, Texas, USA
September 25, 2009
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Contributed by James McDermott on 2 February, 2010 - 9:21pm
Last updated 6 February, 2010 - 1:21pm

Moved
Moved from Flower Moths.

Charles Borderlon, Texas Lepidoptera Survey says Schinia mortua and that does look like a match. Nice one!
… Maury J. Heiman, 6 February, 2010 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 February, 2010 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

have you considered Schinia lynx
Schinia lynx
… Maury J. Heiman, 3 February, 2010 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
but nothing seems a good match. How sure are you about lynx? It very well might be...
… James McDermott, 3 February, 2010 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
not sure enough....
nothing looks closer to me and the species is variable. Ed Knudson would probably know. Nice moth!
… Maury J. Heiman, 4 February, 2010 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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