Schinia chrysella

Schinia chrysella
Schinia chrysella female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Schinia
Species:	S. chrysella
Binomial name
Schinia chrysella Grote, 1874
Synonyms
Schinia lanul (Strecker, 1877) Schinia chrysellus Tricopis chrysellus Grote, 1874 Heliothis conchula Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 Heliothis lanul Strecker, 1877 Lygranthoecia lanul Grote, 1890

Schinia chrysella is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on the Great Plains (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan) and California and Kentucky.

Schinia chrysella female

Schinia chrysella male

The wingspan is about 23 mm.

The larvae feed on Amphiachyris dracunculoides.

External links

• Image on Plate
• Bug Guide
• Systematics of Schinia chrysellus (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia alencis (Harvey) with a description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)