Schinia nubila
| Schinia nubila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. nubila |
| Binomial name | |
| Schinia nubila Strecker, 1876 | |
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The Camphorweed Flower Moth or Brown Flower Moth (Schinia nubila) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Oklahoma to New Jersey, south to Florida and Texas. Its range is expanding in the north-east. Furthermore recorded from Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland.
The wingspan is 22–24 mm. There is one generation per year.
Larvae have been recorded on Heterotheca subaxillaris and Solidago species.
External links
- Images
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Moths of Maryland
- Insects taken in Highlands County, Florida
- Species report
- Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
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