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Schinia aurantiaca

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Schinia aurantiaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Schinia aurantiaca
(H. Edwards, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Annaphila aurantiaca H. Edwards, 1881
  • Schinia californica (Hampson, 1903)
  • Pyrocleptria californica Hampson, 1903

Schinia aurantiaca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, including California and Arizona.

The wingspan is about 17 mm.

The larvae feed on Eriastrum sapphirinum and Gilia species.

Subspecies

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  • Schinia aurantiaca aurantiaca
  • Schinia aurantiaca tenuimargo
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