Idia (moth)
Genus of moths
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Idia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.[2][3][1]
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| Idia aemula | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
| Genus: | Idia Hübner, 1813 |
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Description
Palpi sickle shaped and slender, where the second joint reaching above vertex of head. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless. Forewings with round apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.[4]
Species
Species include the following:[1]
- Idia aemula Hübner, 1813 – common idia moth, powdered snout moth or waved tabby moth
- Idia americalis Guenée, 1854 – American idia moth or American snout moth
- Idia calvaria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Idia denticulalis (Harvey, 1875) – toothed idia moth
- Idia diminuendis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 – orange-spotted idia moth
- Idia forbesii French, 1894 – Forbes' idia moth
- Idia gopheri J. B. Smith, 1899 – tortoise commensal noctuid moth
- Idia immaculalis (Hulst, 1886) – immaculate idia moth
- Idia julia Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 – Julia's idia moth
- Idia laurentii J. B. Smith, 1893 – Laurentine idia moth
- Idia lubricalis Geyer, 1832 – glossy black idia moth
- Idia majoralis J. B. Smith, 1895 – greater idia moth
- Idia occidentalis (Smith, 1884)
- Idia parvulalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1911
- Idia rotundalis Walker, 1866 – chocolate idia moth, rotund idia moth
- Idia scobialis Grote, 1880 – smoky idia moth
- Idia suffusalis J. B. Smith, 1899
- Idia terrebralis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Unpublished species
- Idia concisa Forbes, 1954 or Idia sp. nr. aemula – pale-winged idia moth
