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Species Schinia vacciniae - Hodges#11087

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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 vacciniae (Schinia vacciniae - Hodges#11087)
Hodges Number
11087
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia vacciniae (Hy. Edwards, 1875)
Heliothis vacciniae (Hy. Edwards, 1875)
Melicleptria vacciniae Hy. Edwards, 1875
Phylogenetic sequence # 932100 (1)
Size
Hampson (1903) listed a wingspan of 18 mm.
Identification
Range
California to Washington. (2)
Holotype collected Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A.
Season
The adults are reported in July and August. (3)
Print References
Edwards, H., 1875. Pacific Coast Lepidoptera. No. 12. On some new species of Noctuidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 6: 134.
Hampson, G.F., 1903. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum 4. 21.
Smith, J.B., 1883. A synopsis of the North American Heliothinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10, 251.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths(4)
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
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.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Pacific Northwest Moths
5.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 August, 2013 - 12:29am
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 2:59pm

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