Schinia crotchii

Species of moth

Schinia crotchii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. crotchii
Binomial name
Schinia crotchii
(H. Edwards, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Heliothis crotchii H. Edwards, 1875
  • Trichosellus crotchii McDunnough, 1938

Schinia crotchii is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southeastern Arizona west to the Peninsular Ranges of southern California and north in south-eastern Washington and southern Idaho.

It was formerly considered a synonym of Schinia cupes.

The wingspan is about 26 mm.

The larvae feed on Castilleja exserta.

  • Images
  • Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
Taxon identifiers
Schinia crotchii
  • Wikidata: Q7431372
  • Wikispecies: Schinia crotchii
  • BAMONA: Schinia-crotchii
  • BOLD: 600013
  • CoL: 95GKF
  • EoL: 13033695
  • GBIF: 8391222
  • ITIS: 940174
  • LepIndex: 253114
  • MONA: 11134.1
  • NatureServe: 2.863716


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