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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 ultima - Hodges#11127 (Schinia ultima)

Species Schinia ultima - Hodges#11127

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Schinia nubila - Camphorweed Flower Moth - Hodges#11137 - Schinia ultima

Schinia ultima - Hodges#11127 - Schinia ultima

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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 ultima (Schinia ultima - Hodges#11127)

Hodges Number

11127

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Schinia ultima (Strecker, 1876)

Heliothis ultima Strecker, 1876

Lygranthoecia ultima (Hampson, 1903)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932128 (1)

Size

Wingspan about 23 mm. (2)

Identification

Strecker (1876) description as Heliothis ultima and a revised description by Hampson (1903) are in the print references.

Range

Central and southern Great Plains. (3), (4), (2)

Moth Photographers Group map (2)

Habitat

Prairie and open areas.

Season

The main flight period is July to October. (2)

See Also

Schinia arcigera

Schinia gracilenta

Schinia hanga

Print References

Hampson, G.F. 1903. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phaaeae in the British Museum. p. 62.

Strecker, 1876. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, Indigenous and Exotic p. 122.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Lepbarcoding.org

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)

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.	Moths of Dallas County, Texas

4.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

6.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 April, 2012 - 11:42pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 4 September, 2017 - 7:37pm

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