Schinia niveicosta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. niveicosta
Binomial name
Schinia niveicosta
Smith, 1906
Synonyms
  • Heliothis niveicosta Smith, 1906
  • Schinia melliflua Dyar, 1921

Schinia niveicosta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-western Utah and western and south-eastern Arizona, west to southern California and southern Nevada.

Most adults are recorded in March and April, but there are also records for May, September to November and January to February.

The larvae feed on Palafoxia linearis.


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