Schinia rufipenna

Schinia rufipenna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species: S. rufipenna
Binomial name
Schinia rufipenna
Hardwick, 1983

Schinia rufipenna is a moth of the Noctuidae family. Only a few populations are known, mainly in Florida, but there is also one record for Louisiana.

Adults are on wing in November.

The larvae feed on the flowers and developing seeds of Pityopsis graminifolia.

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