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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) » Golden Aster Flower Moth - Hodges#11116 (Schinia tuberculum)

Species Schinia tuberculum - Golden Aster Flower Moth - Hodges#11116

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Golden Aster Flower Moth - Hodges #11116 - Schinia tuberculum Golden Aster Flower Moth - Schinia tuberculum
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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 tuberculum (Golden Aster Flower Moth - Hodges#11116)
Hodges Number
11116
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia tuberculum (Hübner, [1831]) (1)
Melicleptria tuberculum Hübner, [1831]
Anthoecia dorsilutea (Walker, 1857) (2)
There is a long list of older synonyms.
Phylogenetic sequence # 932112 (3)
Numbers
Size
Wingspan about 20 mm. (4)
Identification
Photo identified by Bob Patterson and confirmed by Chuck Harp.
Range
Texas, and Colorado east to New York (rare), and Florida. (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The flight period appears to be May through October with the peak in September and October. (4), (10)
Food
The larval host is Pityopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt. (narrowleaf silkgrass). (11)
Remarks
Reported as diurnal but adults are often seen at lights. (1)
Listed on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Rare Animal Status List. (12)
See Also
Schinia rufipenna, which has better defined markings and is more reddish. (11)
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hardwick, D.F. 1983, A new species of Shinia (Noctuidae) from Central Florida, with description of its life history. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 37(2): 149. (11)
Hübner, 1831. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge 3: 29, figs. 517-518.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (13)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (14)
Works Cited
1.A Monograph to the New World Heliothentinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
David F. Hardwick. 1996. Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
2.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
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.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
6.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
7.Schinia tuberculum (Hubner) in Louisiana
Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. 2006. Southern Lepidopterists' News 28:33-34.
8.South Carolina Moth Species
9.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
10.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
11.A new species of Shinia (Noctuidae) from Central Florida, with description of its life history
D. F. Hardwick. 1983. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 37(2): 148-154.
12.New York State Rare Animal Status List
13.Butterflies of North America
14.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 March, 2010 - 11:55am
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 3:00pm

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