Schinia mitis

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Schinia mitis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. mitis
Binomial name
Schinia mitis
Grote, 1873
Synonyms
  • Schinia obliquata(Smith, 1891)

Schinia mitis, the matutinal flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from central Florida, north to Georgia and west to eastern Texas.

Adults are on wing from April to June, but there are also records from September and November. It is a day flying moth, which is only active for a few hours in the morning, when the flowers of its host plant are open.

The larvae feed on Pyrrhopappus species.


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