Thoreau's Flower Moth
Schinia thoreaui (Grote & Robinson, 1870)
Thoreau's Flower Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/7992
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Hodges #11141 
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Schinia thoreaui
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. thoreaui
Binomial name
Schinia thoreaui
Grote & Robinson, 1870

Thoreau's flower moth (Schinia thoreaui) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, including Maryland, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Ambrosia species.

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