Schinia niveicosta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-western Utah and western and south-eastern Arizona, west to southern California and southern Nevada.
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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. niveicosta
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| Binomial name | |
| Schinia niveicosta Smith, 1906
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Most adults are recorded in March and April, but there are also records for May, September to November and January to February.
The larvae feed on Palafoxia linearis.
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