Schinia deserticola is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern California to southeastern Arizona and north to west central Utah and southeastern Oregon.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. deserticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Schinia deserticola Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
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It was formerly considered a subspecies of Schinia cupes.
The wingspan is 22–28 mm.
The larvae feed on Camissonia claviformis.
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- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
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