Biology:Schinia cupes
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Short description: Species of moth
| Schinia cupes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. cupes
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| Binomial name | |
| Schinia cupes Grote, 1875
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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.
External links
- Images
- Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
Wikidata ☰ Q7431373 entry
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