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Schinia crotchii

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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.

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