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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) » Painted Schinia - Hodges#11106 (Schinia volupia)

Species Schinia volupia - Painted Schinia - Hodges#11106

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Schinia volupia - Hodges #11106 - Schinia volupia

Gorgeous red moth in western Kansas - Schinia volupia

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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 volupia (Painted Schinia - Hodges#11106)

Hodges Number

11106

Other Common Names

Indian blanket moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Schinia volupia (Fitch)

Alaria volupia Fitch 1868

Rhododipsa aden Strecker, 1898

Rhododipsa masoni Smith, 1896

Rhododipsa volupides Strand, 1916

* Pogue et al. (2013) placed Schinia masoni (Smith, 1896) as a new synonym. (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932139

Size

Wingspan: 20–22 mm. (2)

Range

Utah, Colorado and New Mexico to Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. (3),(2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)

(9)

Moth Photographers Group has large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Open fields and meadows where the host plant Gaillardia pulchella occurs.

Season

The main flight period appears to be March to September. (2)

Food

Larval foodplant is Indian blanket, Gaillardia pulchella (Asteraceae). (9)

Remarks

Often seen resting on the flower heads of the host plant and other species of Asteraceae. Attracted to lights.

See Also

- Range: FL-GA

Schinia fulleri (McElvare)

Print References

Fitch, 1868. Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society. 12: pp. 900-908.

Pogue, M.G., Ooellette, G.D & C.E. Harp, 2013. A revision of the Schinia volupia (Fitch) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa, 3716(2): 157-191. (1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 292. (10)

Smith, J.B., 1896. A new species of Rhododispa. Entomological News 7(9): 284.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (11)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the Schinia volupia (Fitch) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) Michael G. Pogue, Gary D. Ooellette, Charles E. Harp. 2013. Zootaxa, 3716(2): 157-191.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin

4.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

5.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

6.	Moths of Dallas County, Texas

7.	Moths of Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Research Station (University of Texas, Austin)

8.	Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.

9.	Biology and immature stages of Schinia masoni (Noctuidae). Bruce A. Byers. 1989. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 43(3): 210-216.

10.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

11.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 10 May, 2006 - 1:53pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 13 April, 2020 - 7:53pm

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