Schinia miniana

Schinia miniana, the desert-marigold 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 California to western Texas, north to Colorado and Nevada, south into Mexico.

Schinia miniana
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S. miniana
Binomial name
Schinia miniana
(Grote, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Schinia pallicincta Smith, 1906

The wingspan is 19–24 mm.

The larvae feed on Baileya.


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