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Schinia psamathea - Hodges#11140.1 (Schinia psamathea)
Species
Schinia psamathea
- Hodges#11140.1
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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
psamathea
(Schinia psamathea - Hodges#11140.1)
Hodges Number
11140.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia psamathea
Pogue, 2010
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Phylogenetic sequence #
932135.1
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Size
Pogue (2010) listed the forewing length.
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♀ 12.6–13.8 mm.
♂ 12.6–14.2 mm.
Identification
The original description is available in PDF.
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The only transverse line on the forewing is a dark brown postmedial line. Antemedial line seldom present and if so is extremely faint.
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Range
Florida Panhandle to east-central Georgia to southwestern Mississippi.
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Moth Photographers Group
- large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Coastal dunes and inland deep dunes.
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Range is very similar to the range of woody goldenrod (Chrysoma pauciflosculosa)
Season
Adults fly from mid-September to late October.
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Food
Pogue (2010) reported the adults take nectar at flowers in the late evening.
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See Also
Plagiomimicus manti
Plagiomimicus spumosum
Papaipema silphii
Print References
Pogue, M.G., 2010. A new species of
Schinia
Hubner from the southeastern United States (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Heliothinae).
ZooKeys
52: 57-64.
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Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
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The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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Works Cited
1.
A new species of Schinia Hubner from the southeastern United States (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Heliothinae)
Michael Pogue . 2010. ZooKeys 52: 57-64.
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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 .
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North American Moth Photographers Group
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BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by
Maury J. Heiman
on 5 November, 2011 - 3:04pm
Additional contributions by
Giff Beaton
Last updated 8 November, 2023 - 1:37pm