Schinia cupes
| Schinia cupes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. cupes |
| Binomial name | |
| Schinia cupes Grote, 1875 | |
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Schinia cupes is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Texas, west to New Mexico and north to Kansas and Colorado.
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June. There is a second smaller generation flying from late-July to September.
The larvae feed on Camissonia claviformis and Castilleja exserta.
External links
- Images
- Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)