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Schinia indiana

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 18, 2023
Entity authorityQ7431398 ↗
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Schinia indiana, or the phlox moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Mid-Western United States.

The wingspan is about 17–21 mm.

The larvae feed on Phlox pilosa.

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This entry incorporates text from “Schinia indiana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.