Schinia tertia

Schinia tertia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species: S. tertia
Binomial name
Schinia tertia
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Tamila tertia Grote, 1874
  • Schinia megarena Smith, 1906

Schinia tertia is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the western parts of the United States from Minnesota and Illinois to Texas, west to California, north to Idaho.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October in two generations.

The larvae feed on Ericameria, Isocoma pluriflora and Liatris.

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