Schinia arcigera

Schinia arcigera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Schinia
Species:	S. arcigera
Binomial name
	Schinia arcigera; Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
	Schinia arcifera; Schinia spraguei (Grote, [1863]); Schinia limbalis (Grote, 1875);

Schinia arcigera, the arcigera flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Arizona and Idaho, north to Saskatchewan.^[1]

The wingspan is 22–25 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September in the northeast and from August to October in southern New Jersey.

Subspecies

↑ Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.

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