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Species Schinia ferrisi - Hodges#11181.1

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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 ferrisi (Schinia ferrisi - Hodges#11181.1)
Hodges Number
11181.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia ferrisi Pogue & Harp, 2004 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #932160.00 (2)
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Dr. Clifford D. Ferris. (1)
Size
Forewing length 9-11 mm. (1)
Range
Southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. (1)
Season
Adults fly in September. (1)
Food
Unknown. Other members of the Schinia tertia group feed of Asteraceae and the similar S. albafascia feeds on rubber rabbit brush (Ericameria nauseosa). (1)
See Also
Easily confused with S. albafascia, which has a larger, bold, quadrate discal spot on the hindwings. In ferrisi the spot is smaller and somewhat cresent shaped. The hindwing marginal band in ferrisi is also less bold and narrower than albafascia. Easlily separated by genatalia disection. (1)
Print References
Pogue, M.G. & C.E. Harp 2004. A review of the Schinia tertia (Grote) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa 473: 15 (PDF) (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.A review of the Schinia tertia (Grote) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
Micheal G. Pogue & Charles E. Harp. 2004. Magnolia Press Zootaxa 473: 1-32.
2.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 .
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Randy Hardy on 27 September, 2011 - 12:05am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 24 January, 2019 - 10:40am

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