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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 cupes - Hodges#11134 (Schinia cupes)

Species Schinia cupes - Hodges#11134

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · 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 cupes (Schinia cupes - Hodges#11134)
Hodges Number
11134
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia cupes (Grote, 1875)
Heliothis cupes Grote, 1875
Trichosellus cupes Grote, 1890
Schinia navarra Dyar, 1914
Trichosellus navarra McDunnough, 1938
Phylogenetic sequence # 932084 (1)
Size
Wingspan about 30 mm.
Identification
Range
Colorado and New Mexico, east to Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas (2)
Season
Adults are most common from March to September. (3)
Food
Larval host is Castilleja sp. (Indian paintbrush).
See Also
Schinia crotchii from Arizona and Utah, west to California and Washington. (2)
Schinia deserticola has forewing ground color that is dirty white (the ground color of crotchii and cupes is light brown. Also, the orbicular spot of deserticola is distinct and more separated from the AM than is the case with crotchii and cupes. (2)
Print References
Lafontaine J.D., & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. ZooKeys 40. pp. 67, 143, 180. (1)
Osborne, K.H., 2010. A new species of Schinia from central California (Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 64. p. 201. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
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.Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
Michael G. Pogue & Charles E. Harp. 2003. Magnolia Press Zootaxa 294: 1–16.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.A new species of Schinia from central California (Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
Kendall H. Osborne. 2010. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 64(4): 197—202.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 September, 2010 - 1:21am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 27 April, 2023 - 5:40pm

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