''Schinia bina'', the bina flower moth, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very earl ...

in 1852. It is found from Mexico City to central Florida, and as far north as

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

and

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in Canada."Bina Flower Moth (''Schinia bina'')"
''Endangered Resources Program Species Information''. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2009-10-06. ''Schinia meskeana'' is probably a valid species, but remains a synonym until a revision has been published. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ...

is about 11 mm. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on '' Verbesina encilioides'', ''

Gaillardia pulchella ''Gaillardia pulchella'' (firewheel, Indian blanket, Indian blanketflower, or sundance) is a North American species of short-lived perennial or annual flowering plants in the sunflower family. Description The branching stem of ''G. pulchella ...

'', and hawkweed species.

References

* Schinia Moths of North America {{Heliothinae-stub Taxa named by Achille Guenée Moths described in 1852