Biology:Schinia nundina

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Short description: Species of moth

Schinia nundina
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. nundina
Binomial name
Schinia nundina
Drury, [1773]

Schinia nundina, the goldenrod flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America from Minnesota to southern Ontario and Nova Scotia, south to central Florida and southern Texas . Records include Arizona, Kansas , Nebraska, New York, Maryland, Oklahoma and South Carolina.

There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Aster and Solidago.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7431420 entry