| Schinia jaguarina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. jaguarina |
| Binomial name | |
| Schinia jaguarina Guenée, 1852 |
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The Jaguar Flower Moth (Schinia jaguarina) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on the Great Plains from Saskatchewan and Alberta south to Texas, eastward on coast to Florida and westward in south to Arizona. In Mexico it is found down to Mexico City.
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Baptisia, Pediomelum rhombifolium, Psoralidium tenuiflorum and Trifolium.