Schinia sexata
Appearance
Schinia sexata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Schinia |
Species: | S. sexata
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Binomial name | |
Schinia sexata Smith, 1906
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Schinia sexata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, where it is known only from southern Manitoba, Canada.[1]
It was formerly considered a subspecies of Schinia villosa.
The larvae feed exclusively on Erigeron glabellus.
References
[edit]- ^ Hardwick, D. F. (1996). A monograph to the North American Heliothentinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research. Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
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