Schinia nundina
Appearance
Schinia nundina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Schinia |
Species: | S. nundina
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Binomial name | |
Schinia nundina Drury, [1773]
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Schinia nundina, the goldenrod flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America from Minnesota to southern Ontario and Nova Scotia, south to central Florida and southern Texas. Records include Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, New York, Maryland, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Aster and Solidago.
References
[edit]- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Goldenrod Flower Moth Schinia nundina (Drury, 1773)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Murray, Tom (April 5, 2014). "Species Schinia nundina - Goldenrod Flower Moth - Hodges#11177". BugGuide. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- "Schinia nundina". Moths of Maryland. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.