Schinia suetus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Schinia |
Species: | S. suetus
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Binomial name | |
Schinia suetus
Grote, 1873
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Schinia suetus is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. [1] It is widespread in the mountains of western North America, from southern Alberta west to British Columbia, south at least to Colorado and California, east to Idaho and New Mexico. [2] [3] [4]
The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Lupinus.