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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 sordidus - Hodges#11112 (Schinia sordidus)

Species Schinia sordidus - Hodges#11112

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 sordidus (Schinia sordidus - Hodges#11112)
Hodges Number
11112
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia sordidus Smith, 1883
Now included as synonyms: (1)
Schinia approximata [#11111]
Schnia ar [#11114]
Schnia labe [#11123].
Phylogenetic sequence # 932116 (1)
Size
Wingspan 16-20 mm. (2), (Smith)
Identification
Smith, (1883) original description and the later description by Hampson, (1903) are online in the print references.
Range
Southeastern United States north to Nebraska and North Carolina. (2)
Holotype from Selma, Alabama.
Moth Photographers Group map(2)
Season
The main flight period is August to October. (2)
Food
The larval host is Pityopsis pinifolia (Elliott) Nutt. (goldaster).
See Also
Schinia petulans
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Schinia errans, a southwestern species.

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Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hampson, G.F. 1903. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. p. 93.
Smith, J.B. 1883. Synopsis of North American Heliothinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 10: p. 230. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
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.Transactions of the American Entomological Society- Journal available for free from Internet Archive
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 August, 2011 - 12:56am
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 3:04pm

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