Schinia sordida
| Schinia sordida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. sordida |
| Binomial name | |
| Schinia sordida Smith, 1883 | |
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The Sordid Flower Moth or Dingy Schinia (Schinia sordida) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from North Carolina to central Florida west to Kansas and Texas. It has also been recorded from Alabama.
The wingspan is 16–20 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Pityopsis pinifolia and Haplopappus divaricatus.
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