Schinia hulstia, or Hulst's flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Tepper in 1883. It is found on US the Great Plains from North Dakota to Texas, in the south ranging eastward to Arkansas and westward to California.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. hulstia
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| Schinia hulstia Tepper, 1883
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The wingspan is about 24 mm.
Etymology
editThe specific name is described by John Bernhardt Smith as being chosen in honor of George Duryea Hulst, "a good entomologist and a well known authority on the Catocalinae."[1]
References
edit- ^ Smith, John Bernhardt (1882), "Synopsis of the North American Heliothinae", Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 10: 228
- "932178.00 – 11193 – Schinia hulstia Tepper, 1883 – Hulst's Flower Moth". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- Fauske, Gerald M. (March 27, 2002). "Schinia hulstia Tepper 1883". Moths of North Dakota. Department of Entomology North Dakota State University. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
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