Biology:Schinia hulstia
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Short description: Species of moth
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Schinia hulstia Tepper, 1883
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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 .
The wingspan is about 24 mm.
Etymology
The 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
- ↑ Smith, John Bernhardt (1882), "Synopsis of the North American Heliothinae", Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 228, https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofam10188283amer#page/228/mode/1up/search/Tepper
- "932178.00 – 11193 – Schinia hulstia Tepper, 1883 – Hulst's Flower Moth". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=11193.
- Fauske, Gerald M. (March 27, 2002). "Schinia hulstia Tepper 1883". Department of Entomology North Dakota State University. https://www.ndsu.edu/ndmoths/ndmoths/names/11193.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q7431394 entry
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