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Schinia lynx, the lynx flower 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 Wisconsin, southern Ontario, Quebec and Maine, south to Florida and Texas. Records include Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New York, Maryland, Oklahoma and Oregon.

Schinia lynx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Schinia
Species:	S. lynx
Binomial name
Schinia lynx (Grote, 1881)

There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Erigeron and Heterotheca subaxillaris.

References

• Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Lynx Flower Moth Schinia lynx (Guenée, 1852)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
• Murray, Tom (April 5, 2014). "Species Schinia lynx - Lynx Flower Moth - Hodges#11117". BugGuide. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
• Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.

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