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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) » Primrose Moth - Hodges#11164 (Schinia florida)

Species Schinia florida - Primrose Moth - Hodges#11164

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References

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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 florida (Primrose Moth - Hodges#11164)

Hodges Number

11164

Size

Wingspan 27-36 mm

Identification

Forewing bright pink, with yellow in lower basal area beyond the subterminal line; head pink; thorax and abdomen yellow above, pink below; hindwing white above; underside of all wings light yellow, with broad pink band along costa.

Range

Newfoundland to northern Florida, west to eastern California, north to Alberta.

Habitat

Fields, clearings, waste places where host plant grows; adults rest on host plant flower stems or inside blooms during the day, and fly at night (adults attracted to light)

Season

Adults fly from late June to September (peak numbers in July and August).

Food

Larvae feed on flower buds but not leaves of evening primrose (Oenothera spp.); also reported on Gaura.

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid on flower buds of host plant. One generation a year.

See Also

Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)...eastern US & Can. to e TX;

Pink-spotted Flower Moth (Erythroecia suavis)...mid-west from MN to AZ; and

Shinia felicitata...western US, from s CA to sw UT and w AZ.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Insects of Quebec

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Pacific Northwest Moths

Life History of Schinia Florida (Noctuidae) (D.F. Hardwick - Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society - PDF)

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 17 August, 2004 - 9:18pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Aaron Schusteff, marcie oconnor
Last updated 5 July, 2023 - 8:05am

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