Schinia varix

Taxobox
name = "Schinia varix"


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Ditrysia
superfamilia = Noctuoidea
familia = Noctuidae
subfamilia = Heliothinae
genus = "Schinia"
species = "S. varix"
binomial = "Schinia varix"
binomial_authority = Knudson, Bordelon & Pogue 2003

"Schinia varix" is a species of moth belonging to the family Noctuidae. It is found in eastern Texas, central Oklahoma and Louisiana.

This moth has a forewing length of 8.6 - 10.2 mm. In the male the forewings are yellow with dark purple bands in the basal and subterminal areas and the hindwings are generally black with yellow fringes. The female is similar but with generally darker forewings. This species flies at night from August to early October.

The breeding biology of this species is unknown and larvae have never been found but its habitat and distribution suggest the larval food plant is probably some species of "Gaillardia".

References

* [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/zt00382.pdf A new species of "Schinia" Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) from Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana E. KNUDSON, C. BORDELON & M.G. POGUE]