Schinia psamathea

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Schinia psamathea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. psamathea
Binomial name
Schinia psamathea
Pogue, 2010

Schinia psamathea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known from east-central Georgia southwestward to the Panhandle of Florida, southeastern Alabama, and southwestern Mississippi. It seems to prefer sandy soils either in dune type habitats or near sandy beaches.

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It is unique within the genus in having a simple forewing pattern that consists of only a slightly sinuate, dark-brown postmedial line and a solid-colored hindwing.

The length of the forewings is 12.6–14.2 mm for males and 12.6–13.8 mm for females. Adults are active in the mid- to late afternoon and are attracted to light. They nectar on several different flowers and the flight is similar to other day-flying Schinia, being very fast and darting. Adults fly between 7 September and the end of October, being most abundant in mid-October. [1]

The larvae possibly feed on Chrysoma pauciflosculosa .

Etymology

The specific epithet comes from the Greek noun, psamathos, for sand of the seashore. It is plural referring to the type of habitat that this species inhabits.

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References

  1. Pogue, Michael (2010-07-30). "A new species of Schinia Hubner from the southeastern United States (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Heliothinae)". ZooKeys (52): 57–64. Bibcode:2010ZooK...52...57P. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.52.476 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   3088031 . PMID   21594126. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.