Common NamePrimrose MothSeasonalityAdults are on the wing in July in Alberta.IdentificationThis strikingly beautiful moth cannot be mistaken. The combination of pink forewing with a broad yellow terminal band, a yellow thorax and abdomen, and immaculate shining white hindwing is unique among our moths. Wingspan (2.8 -3.5 cm.). Both sexes are similar.
Scientific NameSchinia floridaCommon Name
Primrose Moth
Habitat
Open areas, clearings and edges with light soils. Associated with the host plant, evening primrose.
Seasonality
Adults are on the wing in July in Alberta.
Identification
This strikingly beautiful moth cannot be mistaken. The combination of pink forewing with a broad yellow terminal band, a yellow thorax and abdomen, and immaculate shining white hindwing is unique among our moths. …
This strikingly beautiful moth cannot be mistaken. The combination of pink forewing with a broad yellow terminal band, a yellow thorax and abdomen, and immaculate shining white hindwing is unique among our moths. Wingspan (2.8 -3.5 cm.). Both sexes are similar.
Life History
Adults are nocturnal and come to lights. During the day they may be found resting on the flower stalks of the host, or occasionally inside the closed flower. Eggs are laid on the flower buds, and the larvae consume…
Adults are nocturnal and come to lights. During the day they may be found resting on the flower stalks of the host, or occasionally inside the closed flower. Eggs are laid on the flower buds, and the larvae consume the buds rather than the foliage.
Conservation
No concerns. Uncommon and local
Diet Info
No Alberta data. Elsewhere species of Evening Primrose (Oenothera sp.), also reported on Gaura.
Range
Nova Scotia west to central Alberta, south to North Carolina in the east and California in the west. In Alberta it has been found north to the Edmonton-Redwater region.
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Page Citation for Schinia florida
Page Citation
"Species Details - Schinia florida, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-281. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.
References
AuthorHardwick, D. F.
TitleA monograph to the North American Heliothentinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
Publication Date1996
Pages281
AuthorHardwick, D. J.
TitleThe life history of Schinia florida (Noctuidae).
Publication Date1970
Series TitleJournal of the Lepidopterists' Society
Volume24
Pages282-289
Specimen Information
There are 28 specimens of this Species.
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28 results plotted on map in 15 markers. Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.