Species Details

Schinia meadi

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Common NameMead's Flower Moth SeasonalityAdults are on the wing late June and July. IdentificationA small (2.4 cm. wingspan) moth with a mottled olive-green and white forewing with a checkered fringe. The hindwing is black with a large black discal crescent in a wide white median band and with a wide white fringe. The olive green color will separate meadi from the other Flower Moths.

Scientific Name Schinia meadi Common Name Mead's Flower Moth Habitat Dry native prairie grasslands. Seasonality Adults are on the wing late June and July. Identification
A small (2.4 cm. wingspan) moth with a mottled olive-green and white forewing with a checkered fringe. The hindwing is black with a large black discal crescent in a wide white median band and with a wide white fringe.…
A small (2.4 cm. wingspan) moth with a mottled olive-green and white forewing with a checkered fringe. The hindwing is black with a large black discal crescent in a wide white median band and with a wide white fringe. The olive green color will separate meadi from the other Flower Moths.
Life History
Mead's Flower Moth appears to be mainly nocturnal and comes to light, although an occasional specimen has also been found actively nectaring during the afternoon. Little additional information is available for this…
Mead's Flower Moth appears to be mainly nocturnal and comes to light, although an occasional specimen has also been found actively nectaring during the afternoon. Little additional information is available for this pretty little moth, and the early stages are unknown.
Conservation No concerns. Diet Info The only data are from a museum specimen from Colorado (?) labeled as reared from Scurf Pea (Psoralea sp.) (C. Harp, in lit.). Range South central Saskatchewan and central Alberta west to south central Washington, south to Arizona and New Mexico. In Alberta, reported north to Edmonton.

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"Species Details - Schinia meadi, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-285. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

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Specimen Information

There are 89 specimens of this Species.

89 results plotted on map in 23 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

BIRD14789 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Trochu Collected ByMengersen, E. Date Collected2000-07-03/2000-07-04

BIRD14790 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Stettler Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2002-07-23

BIRD14791 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Big Knife Provincial Park Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2003-06-17

UASM139410 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139411 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139412 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139413 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139414 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139415 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139416 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139417 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139418 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139419 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139420 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139421 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139422 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139423 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139424 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139425 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139426 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

UASM139427 - Schinia meadi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Nevada, Humboldt county, Winnemucca Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Crabo Date Collected2002-06-06

Adult Seasonal Distribution