Primrose Moth
Schinia florida (Guenée, 1852)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Heliothentinae
Identification: Forewing bright pink, with yellow in lower basal area and beyond st. line. Median area may have yellow tinting, with pink reniform spot and st. line distinct. Hindwing white.
Wing Span: 2.7-3.6 cm.
Life History:
Flight: July-August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Biennial guara and other species of evening-primrose.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Nova Scotia to northern Florida, and west.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 157 verified sightings
Observation date: Aug 31, 2016
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jan 09, 2021
Observation date: Jul 21, 2011
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jan 09, 2021
Observation date: Aug 14, 2019
Submitted by: killamfarm
Region: Windsor County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: Tom Clark
Verified date: Sep 03, 2020
Observation date: Aug 21, 2020
Submitted by: Sbouboulis
Region: New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 23, 2020
Observation date: Aug 02, 2020
Submitted by: GreenEyed28
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 18, 2020
Observation date: Jul 30, 2020
Submitted by: gigirosie
Region: Columbia County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Aug 02, 2020
Observation date: Jul 21, 2020
Submitted by: kathlenn
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 21, 2020
Observation date: Jul 21, 2020
Submitted by: kathlenn
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 21, 2020
Observation date: Jul 16, 2020
Submitted by: CCushing
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 16, 2020
Observation date: Jul 13, 2020
Submitted by: rapids
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 13, 2020
Observation date: Jun 29, 2020
Submitted by: bluerider13
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jun 30, 2020
Observation date: Aug 07, 2015
Submitted by: wade wander
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: May 15, 2020
Observation date: Oct 17, 2008
Submitted by: Mary Franceline...
Region: Ulster County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Apr 10, 2020
Observation date: Aug 22, 2019
Submitted by: greyeggdoc
Region: La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Aug 23, 2019
Observation date: Aug 12, 2013
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Jasper County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Aug 21, 2019
Observation date: Aug 19, 2019
Submitted by: woody meristem
Region: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 20, 2019
Observation date: Aug 12, 2019
Submitted by: ydlrun
Region: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 14, 2019
Observation date: Aug 13, 2019
Submitted by: Lisap145
Region: Albany County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Aug 14, 2019
Observation date: Aug 07, 2019
Submitted by: dphipps
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 08, 2019
Observation date: Aug 05, 2019
Submitted by: rafi2000
Region: Nova Scotia, Canada
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Aug 07, 2019
Observation date: Aug 01, 2019
Submitted by: Joe Bartok
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 02, 2019
Observation date: Jul 30, 2019
Submitted by: ellenjones6
Region: Franklin County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Jul 31, 2019
Observation date: Jul 22, 2019
Submitted by: Joe Bartok
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 24, 2019
Observation date: Jul 26, 2018
Submitted by: devjohnstone
Region: Nova Scotia, Canada
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Aug 29, 2018
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