Schinia grandimedia, the Rockies boneset flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by David F. Hardwick in 1996. It is found in the United States from Kansas to Texas, west to Colorado and New Mexico.
Schinia grandimedia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Schinia |
Species: | S. grandimedia
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Binomial name | |
Schinia grandimedia Hardwick, 1996
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The wingspan is 26–27 mm. There is one generation per year.
Larvae have been recorded on Brickellia eupatorioides var. corymbulosa and var. chlorolepis.
External links
edit- "932095.00 – 11148.1 – Schinia grandimedia – Hardwick, 1996". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Schinia grandimedia Hardwick, 1996". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Moths of Southeastern Arizona. Image.
- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.