Schinia hulstia

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Schinia hulstia
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S. hulstia
Binomial name
Schinia hulstia
Tepper, 1883
Synonyms
  • Schinia tenuescens

Schinia hulstia, or Hulst's flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Tepper in 1883. It is found on US the Great Plains from North Dakota to Texas, in the south ranging eastward to Arkansas and westward to California.

The wingspan is about 24 mm.

Etymology

The specific name is described by John Bernhardt Smith as being chosen in honor of George Duryea Hulst, "a good entomologist and a well known authority on the Catocalinae."[1]

References

  1. ^ Smith, John Bernhardt (1882), "Synopsis of the North American Heliothinae", Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 10: 228