Moths of North Carolina
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Schinia siren (Strecker, 1876) - Aluring Schinia

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Heliothinae		P3 Number:
932123		 MONA Number:
11115.00		 Other Common Name:
Alluring Flower Moth
Comments: One of 126 species in this genus that occur in North America (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010, 2011), the majority of which occur in the West; 25 have been recorded in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Genitalia and other structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Schinia sirenAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants: Reported hosts include camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) and Golden Crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) (Heppner, 2007; Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any larval records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: W-PK
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SU [S3S4]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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 Photo Gallery for Schinia siren - Aluring Schinia

Photos: 20
Schinia siren
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2025-09-20
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-09-04
Moore Co.
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Schinia siren
Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-09-04
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-30
Richmond Co.
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Schinia siren
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-30
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-30
Richmond Co.
Comment:
Schinia siren
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-30
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-30
Richmond Co.
Comment:
Schinia siren
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-30
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-10-04
Carteret Co.
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Schinia siren
Recorded by: Mark Shields, Hunter Phillips on 2022-09-27
Onslow Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: Mark Shields on 2022-09-23
Onslow Co.
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Schinia siren
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-09-01
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2022-08-28
Scotland Co.
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Schinia siren
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2021-09-27
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-08-24
Wake Co.
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Schinia siren
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-08-24
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2020-09-10
Moore Co.
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Schinia siren
Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2020-09-10
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Schinia siren
Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2018-09-13
Mecklenburg Co.
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