Schinia trifascia

Schinia trifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species: S. trifascia
Binomial name
Schinia trifascia
Hübner, 1818

The Three-Lined Flower Moth (Schinia trifascia) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ontario and Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. It has also been reported from Louisiana.

The wingspan is 20–31 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Brickellia, Eupatorium and Liatris.


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