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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 oleagina - Hodges#11148 (Schinia oleagina)

Species Schinia oleagina - Hodges#11148

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 oleagina (Schinia oleagina - Hodges#11148)

Hodges Number

11148

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Schinia oleagina Morrison, 1875

Originally considered a variety of Schinia gracilenta

Phylogenetic sequence # 932094 (1)

Size

The forewing length averages 11-14 mm. (2)

Identification

Morrison (1875) original description and Hampson, (1903) are both in the print references.

Tan color compared to several other similar species that have a greenish tint.

Range

Widespread throughout the western 2/3 of North America.

Moth Photographers Group map

Season

The main flight period is July through October. (3)

Food

Hardwick reported Brickellia sp.

In the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona, Brickellia californica (4)

See Also

Schinia grandimedia with a greenish tint

Schinia sexplagiata

Print References

Hampson, G.F., 1903. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 4: 79.

Morrison, H.K., 1875. Notes on Noctuidae, with descriptions of certain new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 27: 67.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Pacific Northwest Moths (2)

The 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.	Pacific Northwest Moths

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 August, 2011 - 9:48am
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 3:19pm

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