Schinia acutilinea

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Schinia acutilinea
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Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. acutilinea
Binomial name
Schinia acutilinea
(Grote, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Schinia separata(Grote, 1879)
  • Schinia velutinaBarnes & McDunnough, 1912

Schinia acutilinea, the angled gem or acute-lined flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878. It is found in the dry southern portions of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, [1] south across the plains and Great Basin to southern Arizona and California.

Male specimen Schinia acutilinea male.JPG
Male specimen

The wingspan is 25–27 mm. Adults are on wing in August.

The larvae feed on Artemisia species, including Artemisia tridentata and Artemisia nova .

Schinia acutilinea was placed as a synonym of Schinia accessa by David F. Hardwick in 1996, but recent research by Michael G. Pogue indicates several species are included under this name.

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References

  1. Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. 118. ISBN   978-954-642-909-4. ISSN   1312-0174. Wikidata   Q97158808.