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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) » Slender Flower Moth - Hodges#11147 (Schinia gracilenta)
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confusing moth - Schinia gracilenta
Copyright © 2012 marcie oconnor

confusing moth - Schinia gracilenta
our land, along Hwy 88 near Praag, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, USA
August 25, 2012
Came to UV lights. This is farther north than any specimens in the guide or on MPG, but I'm pretty sure this is the correct ID. The northernmost dot on the MPG map is central Iowa. One of its host plants - Brickellia eupatorioides - is common in our prairies.

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confusing moth - Schinia gracilenta confusing moth - Schinia gracilenta
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Contributed by marcie oconnor on 27 August, 2012 - 3:30pm
Last updated 10 February, 2016 - 3:26pm

Moved
Moved from Flower Moths.
Les agrees with you that this is S. gracilenta so - finally - I'm getting back to moving it here. Thanks for your help James.
… marcie oconnor, 10 February, 2016 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved - again
Moved from American Dun-bar Moth.

I checked with Les, and he agrees that it's a Schinia. He's checking with Mike Pogue to see if we can find out more - so I'm putting it here for now.
… marcie oconnor, 31 December, 2014 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

Schinia gracilenta
is correct...
… James McDermott, 31 December, 2014 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks James...
I'll talk to Les. Is there a way to resolve this?
… marcie oconnor, 31 December, 2014 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
I meant..
are there definitive ways to tell which moth it is?
… marcie oconnor, 31 December, 2014 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Slender Flower Moth.

ID corrected by Les Ferge.
… marcie oconnor, 31 December, 2014 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

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