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Species Schinia mortua - Hodges#11131

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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 mortua (Schinia mortua - Hodges#11131 )

Hodges Number

11131

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Schinia mortua (Grote, 1864)
Lygranthoecia mortua (Grote 1864)
Anthoecia mortua Grote 1864
Anthoecia packardii Grote 1864
Phylogenetic sequence # 932126 (1)

Numbers

Size

Wingspan averages 23-28 mm.
Grote (1864) reported the wingspan of the type specimen 1.1 inch (27.94 mm.)

Identification

Determined by Chuck Harp.

Range

Wisconsin to Texas and westward.
Holotype collected in "Colorado Territory" by James Ridings.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

The flight period appears to be May to September with the peak in August. (2)

Remarks

Schinia mortua appears to be widespread in western North America but uncommon.

See Also

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1864. Descriptions of North American Lepidoptera - No. 5. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 3. 528.
Hampson, G.F. 1903. Noctuidae. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 4. 63.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.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 .
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Butterflies of North America
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 February, 2010 - 11:55pm
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 3:34pm

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