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- Title
The Life History of Schinia scissa (Grote) (Noctuidae: Heliothinae).
- Authors
Slotten, Jeffrey; Schmidt, B. Christian
- Abstract
Abstract. Schinia scissa (Grote) is endemic to Florida and one of the most rarely-encountered North American flower moths (Heliothinae), known to science from less than 10 specimens for nearly 150 years. The life history and larval host plant, previously unknown, is documented here for the first time. Larvae feed on the flowering parts of Arcadian St. John's Wort (Hypericum edisonianum, Hypericaceae), and circumstantial evidence indicates other Hypericum species may be suitable hosts as well.
- Subjects
ST. John's (N.L.); FLORIDA; NOCTUIDAE; HOST plants; HYPERICUM; LEGAL evidence; ENDEMIC species
- Publication
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 2024, Vol 78, Issue 2, p138
- ISSN
0024-0966
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18473/lepi.78i2.a7