Schinia deserticola

Schinia deserticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species: S. deserticola
Binomial name
Schinia deserticola
Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
Synonyms
  • Schinia cupes deserticola
  • Trichosellus cupes deserticola

Schinia deserticola is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern California to southeastern Arizona and north to west central Utah and southeastern Oregon.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of Schinia cupes.

The wingspan is 22–28 mm.

The larvae feed on Camissonia claviformis.


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