''Schinia nubila'', the camphorweed flower moth or brown flower moth, is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. The species was first described by

Herman Strecker Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker (24 March 1836, in Philadelphia – 30 November 1901, in Reading, Pennsylvania) was an American entomologist specialising in butterflies and moths ( Lepidoptera). Strecker was born in Philadelphia to Ferdinand a ...

in 1876. It is found from the US states of

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

to New Jersey, south to Florida and Texas. Its range is expanding in the northeast. Furthermore, recorded from Colorado, Kansas,

, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland. The wingspan is 22–24 mm. There is one generation per year. Larvae have been recorded on ''

Heterotheca subaxillaris ''Heterotheca subaxillaris'', known by the common name camphorweed, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of the United States (from California to Massachusetts) as well as Mexico an ...

'' and '' Solidago'' species.

References

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"''Schinia nubila''"
''Moths of Maryland''. Retrieved March 23, 2020. *Frost, S. W. (March 1975). "Third Supplement to Insects Taken in Light Traps at the Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida". ''The Florida Entomologist''. 58 (1): 35–42. .
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* Schinia Taxa named by Herman Strecker Moths described in 1876 Moths of North America {{Heliothinae-stub