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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) » Gold-edged Gem - Hodges#11100  (Schinia avemensis)

Species Schinia avemensis - Gold-edged Gem - Hodges#11100

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Schinia - Schinia avemensis
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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 avemensis (Gold-edged Gem - Hodges#11100 )
Hodges Number
11100
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia avemensis (Dyar, 1904)
Pseudotamila avemensis Dyar, 1904
Phylogenetic sequence # 932182 (1)
Explanation of Names
Aweme, Manitoba is collection location of the holotype.
Numbers
Size
Wingspan 16-18 mm. (2), (Dyar)
Identification
Dyar (1904) original description as Pseudotamila avemensis is available in the print references.
Range
Known from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Also recorded in Colorado. (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with some collection dates.
Habitat
Sandy areas.
Season
The main flight period appears to be July and August. (2)
Food
Larval host is prairie sunflower, Helianthus petiolaris (Hardwick, 1996).
Remarks
Adults are (diurnal).
Reported as endangered in Canada (2006). (3)
See Also
Compare to other Schinia species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Anweiler, G.G. 2006. Assessment and status report on the Gold-edged Gem Schinia avemensis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (3)
Dyar, H.G. 1904. New species of North American Lepidoptera and a new Limacodid larva. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 12(1): p. (41)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
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.COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Gold-edged Gem Schinia avemensis in Canada
Gary G. Anweiler. 2006. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 November, 2012 - 10:55pm
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 3:59pm

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