Schinia hulstia

Schinia hulstia, or Hulst's flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Tepper in 1883. It is found on US the Great Plains from North Dakota to Texas, in the south ranging eastward to Arkansas and westward to California.

Schinia hulstia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Schinia
Species:	S. hulstia
Binomial name
Schinia hulstia Tepper, 1883
Synonyms
Schinia tenuescens

The wingspan is about 24 mm.

Etymology

The specific name is described by John Bernhardt Smith as being chosen in honor of George Duryea Hulst, "a good entomologist and a well known authority on the Catocalinae."^[1]