Schinia carmosina
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The Maroon Washed Flower Moth (Schinia carmosina) is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in central Florida
.
It was formerly considered a synonym of Schinia sanguinea
.
The wingspan
is about 28 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carphephorus corymbosus and Garberia heterophylla.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in central Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
.
It was formerly considered a synonym of Schinia sanguinea
Schinia sanguinea
The Bleeding Flower Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, north to Montana. There is also a disjunct population in Ontario....
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 28 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carphephorus corymbosus and Garberia heterophylla.