Schinia alencis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-eastern Colorado to south-eastern Arizona east to western Oklahoma, northern Texas to south-western and south-eastern Texas.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Schinia |
Species: | S. alencis
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Binomial name | |
Schinia alencis Harvey, 1875
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The wingspan is 22–23 mm.
The larvae probably feed on Heterotheca canescens.
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- Systematics of Schinia chrysellus (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia alencis (Harvey) with a description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)