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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Idia » Idia forbesii - Hodges#8327 (Idia forbesii)

Species Idia forbesii - Hodges#8327

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Idia
Species forbesii (Idia forbesii - Hodges#8327)
Hodges Number
8327
Other Common Names
Forbes’ Idia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Idia forbesii – (French, 1894)
* phylogenetic sequence # 930475
Numbers
18 species of Idia are found in America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
wingspan about 17 mm
Identification
Photo from Mark Dreiling of a specimen determined by DNA.


Range
generally found east of a line from Texas to Quebec
Habitat
many records are from swampy ares
Food
Larvae feed on detritus , including dead leaves.
Print References
Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species account with photos of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with photographs of pinned adults and DNA sequence
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
Contributed by tom murray on 26 July, 2009 - 6:42pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 9 July, 2020 - 8:22am

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