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Species Schinia biforma - Hodges#11125

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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 biforma (Schinia biforma - Hodges#11125)
Hodges Number
11125
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia biforma Smith, 1906
Phylogenetic sequence # 932143 (1)
Size
Wingspan 19-21 mm. (2), (Smith)
Identification
Smith (1906) original description is in print references.
Range
Texas(3) and New Mexico north to Colorado and Oklahoma(4). (2)
Holotype from Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
March to May records. (2)
Food
The larval host is Amblyolepis setigera DC. (huisache daisy).
See Also
Schinia siren

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Schinia miniana
Print References
Pogue, M.G., Ooellette, G.D & C.E. Harp, 2013. A revision of the Schinia volupia (Fitch) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa, 3716(2): 157-191. (5)
Smith, J.B. 1906. New Noctuidae for 1906. No. 1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 14: 21.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Lepbarcoding.org
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.A revision of the Schinia volupia (Fitch) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
Michael G. Pogue, Gary D. Ooellette, Charles E. Harp. 2013. Zootaxa, 3716(2): 157-191.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 May, 2012 - 12:26am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 December, 2014 - 9:47pm

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