Primrose Moth

Schinia florida

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Schinia florida, the primrose moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Its range includes most of temperate North America aside from the west coast. Adults have a pink head and pale yellow to creamy white thorax and abdomen.

Distribution

Primrose Moth — (c) Reiner Jakubowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Reiner Jakubowski · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 825United States of America · 759

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Reiner Jakubowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Reiner Jakubowski · CC-BY-SA DescriptionSchinia florida, Wikipedia contributors

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