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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 mexicana - Hodges#11134.3 (Schinia mexicana)

Species Schinia mexicana - Hodges#11134.3

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

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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 mexicana (Schinia mexicana - Hodges#11134.3)

Hodges Number

11134.3

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Schinia mexicana Hampson, 1903

Adonisea mexicana Hampson, 1903

Synonym

Eupanychis mexicana Hampson, 1903

Phylogenetic sequence # 932087 (1)

Identification

The orange hindwing distinguishes this from the other similar species.

Range

Southeastern Arizona, central and southern Mexico. (2), (3)

Possibly exists in western Texas and southern New Mexico. (4)

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Season

Adults have been recorded during March, July and September.

Food

Larval host unknown.

See Also

Schinia cupes

Print References

Osborne, K.H., 2010. A new species of Schinia from central California (Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 64. p. 201. (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

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

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

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.	A new species of Schinia from central California (Noctuidae: Heliothinae) Kendall H. Osborne. 2010. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 64(4): 197–202.

4.	A review of the Schinia tertia (Grote) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) Micheal G. Pogue & Charles E. Harp. 2004. Magnolia Press Zootaxa 473: 1-32.

5.	A new species of Schinia from central California (Noctuidae: Heliothinae) Kendall H. Osborne. 2010. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 64(4): 197—202.

6.	Butterflies of North America

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 September, 2012 - 9:42pm
Last updated 4 September, 2014 - 1:42pm

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