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Species Schinia verna - Hodges#11102.1

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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