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Species Schinia mcfarlandi - Hodges#11204.2

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 mcfarlandi (Schinia mcfarlandi - Hodges#11204.2)
Hodges Number
11204.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Schinia mcfarlandi Opler, 2004 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932111 (2)
Explanation of Names
Opler (2004) stated "This species is named in honor of Noel McFarland, who has added so much to our knowledge of Arizona moths." (1)
Size
Opler (2004) listed the forewing length. (1)
♂ 10.2 mm. (n = 2)
♀ 9.9 mm.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Works Cited
1.Three new Schinia from the western United States (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae).
Paul A. Opler . 2004. Holarctic Lepidoptera 7(2): 45-47.
2.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 .
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 August, 2014 - 5:42pm
Last updated 3 September, 2014 - 9:49pm

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