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Schinia carmosina

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Schinia carmosina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Schinia
Species:
S. carmosina
Binomial name
Schinia carmosina
Neumoegen, 1883

The Maroon Washed Flower Moth (Schinia carmosina) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in central Florida.

It was formerly considered a synonym of Schinia sanguinea.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carphephorus corymbosus and Garberia heterophylla.

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