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Schinia immaculata

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Schinia immaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. immaculata
Binomial name
Schinia immaculata
Pogue, 2004

Schinia immaculata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to the area surrounding the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in Coconino County, Arizona.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May.

The larval food plant is unknown, but the vegetation in the areas where it is found are dominated by Tamarix Prosopis, Acacia and desert shrubs.

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