Lynx Flower Moth

Schinia lynx

"Schinia lynx", the lynx flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America from Wisconsin, southern Ontario, Quebec and Maine, south to Florida and Texas. Records include Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New York, Maryland, Oklahoma and Oregon.
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Appearance

There is one generation per year.

Naming

The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881.

Food

The larvae feed on "Erigeron" and "Heterotheca subaxillaris".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusSchinia
SpeciesS. lynx
Photographed in
United States of America