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A Lynx Flower Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/7/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Lynx Flower Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/29/2013).
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Lynx Flower Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (9/21/2018).
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John Rinker.
Lynx Flower Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/15/2018). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Lynx Flower Moth in Charles Co., Maryland (8/23/2022). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Dave Webb.
A Lynx Flower Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/21/2014).
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Shannon Schade.
A Lynx Flower Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/18/2007).
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Bob Patterson.
A Lynx Flower Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2004).
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Larry Line.
A Lynx Flower Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2004).
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Larry Line.
Lynx Flower Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/22/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Lynx Flower Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/22/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Source: Wikipedia
Schinia lynx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Schinia |
Species: | S. lynx
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Binomial name | |
Schinia lynx (Grote, 1881)
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Schinia lynx, the lynx flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881. 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.
There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Erigeron and Heterotheca subaxillaris.
References
[edit]- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Lynx Flower Moth Schinia lynx (Guenée, 1852)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Murray, Tom (April 5, 2014). "Species Schinia lynx - Lynx Flower Moth - Hodges#11117". BugGuide. 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.