---
title: "Arcigera Flower Moth"
description: "Schinia arcigera — Owady i pająki. Schinia arcigera, the arcigera flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/arcigera-flower-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arcigera Flower Moth

> Schinia arcigera — Owady i pająki. Schinia arcigera, the arcigera flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Schinia arcigera*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8275
- Wikidata: [Q4656901](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4656901)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143196](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143196)

## Names

- en: Arcigera Flower Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (6291), CA (1177), MX (3)

## Summary

Schinia arcigera, the arcigera flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Arizona and Idaho, north to Saskatchewan.
The wingspan is 22–25 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September in the northeast and from August to October in southern New Jersey.
The larvae feed on Symphyotrichum laeve, Symphyotrichum puniceum, Symphyotrichum ericoides and Psilactis tenuis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schinia_arcigera

## Photo

![Arcigera Flower Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arcigera-flower-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jack Gelinas · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/391824376

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/arcigera-flower-moth?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).