Schinia miniana

Schinia miniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species: S. miniana
Binomial name
Schinia miniana
(Grote, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Schinia pallicincta Smith, 1906

Schinia miniana, the desert-marigold moth, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881. It is found in North America from California to western Texas, north to Colorado and Nevada, south into Mexico.

The wingspan is 19–24 mm.

The larvae feed on Baileya.


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