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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 verna - Hodges#11102.1 (Schinia verna)

Species Schinia verna - Hodges#11102.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 verna (Schinia verna - Hodges#11102.1)
Hodges Number
11102.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia verna Hardwick, 1983 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932103
Explanation of Names
Hardwick (1983) stated "I take pleasure in naming the new species after my wife, Verna, in thanks for her continuing assistance in the field." (1)
Size
Hardwick (1983) reported the wingspan as 19.9 ± 1.6 mm. (16 specimens studied). (1)
Identification
Range
Holotype ♂, Glenboro, Manitoba, 11 June 1979, D. & V. Hardwick.
Season
The adults are most common from April to June.
Food
Hardwick (1983) collected larvae on Antennaria neodioica (pussytoes). He also reared the species on A. aprica. (1)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (2)
Print References
Hardwick, D.F., 1983. A new species of Schinia (Noctuidae) from Manitoba and Saskatchewan with description of its life history. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 37(1): 20; figs. 1, 2. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta )
Works Cited
1.A new species of Schinia (Noctuidae) from Manitoba and Saskatchewan with description of its life history.
D. F. Hardwick. 1983. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 37(1): 18-23 .
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 July, 2013 - 9:29am
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 2:57pm

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