Schinia chrysella

Schinia chrysella is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on the Great Plains (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan) and California and Kentucky.

Schinia chrysella female
Schinia chrysella male

Schinia chrysella
Schinia chrysella female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Schinia
Species:
S. chrysella
Binomial name
Schinia chrysella
Grote, 1874
Synonyms
  • Schinia lanul (Strecker, 1877)
  • Schinia chrysellus
  • Tricopis chrysellus Grote, 1874
  • Heliothis conchula Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Heliothis lanul Strecker, 1877
  • Lygranthoecia lanul Grote, 1890

The wingspan is about 23 mm.

The larvae feed on Amphiachyris dracunculoides.


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