''Schinia sexata'' 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 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 ...
. It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, where it is known only from southern Manitoba, Canada.
[Hardwick, D. F. (1996). A monograph to the North American Heliothentinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research. Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada.]
It was formerly considered a subspecies of ''
Schinia villosa
''Schinia villosa'', the little dark gem, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. In North America, it is mostly a western mountain species, however it has also been found across t ...
''.
The larvae feed exclusively on ''
Erigeron glabellus''.
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ImagesButterflies and Moths of North America
Schinia
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1906
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