Schinia cupes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. cupes
Binomial name
Schinia cupes
Grote, 1875
Synonyms
  • Heliothis cupes Grote, 1875
  • Trichosellus cupes Grote, 1890
  • Schinia navarra Dyar, 1914
  • Trichosellus navarra McDunnough, 1938

Schinia cupes is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Texas, west to New Mexico and north to Kansas and Colorado.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June. There is a second smaller generation flying from late-July to September.

The larvae feed on Camissonia claviformis and Castilleja exserta.


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