Schinia nuchalis was treated as a separate species from the Eurasian species Schinia scutosa by Hardwick (1996).
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      <li>Hardwick DF (1996) A monograph to the North American Heliothentinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). David F. Hardwick, publisher. Ottawa, Canada. 281 pp.</li>
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