| Schinia villosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. villosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Schinia villosa Grote, 1864 |
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The Little Dark Gem (Schinia villosa) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is mostly a western mountain species, however it has also been found across the plains eastward across Alberta and Saskatchewan to southern Manitoba. West it is found up to the coast ranges of Washington and British Columbia, south to Arizona.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Aster, Erigeron and Eucephalus ledophyllus.