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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Idia

Genus Idia

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Common Idia - Idia aemula Moth - Idia aemula Rotund Idia Moth - Idia rotundalis Idia denticulalis - Toothed Idia?? Confirm please? - Idia Moth - Idia aemula Moth - Idia americalis Common Idia - Idia aemula 8322 American Idia - Idia americalis - Idia americalis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Idia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epizeuxis
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 15 species for North America.
Food
Most species are detritophagous: they eat dead organic matter on the ground or in the soil. Some eat fungus and/or lichens. One species, Idia gopheri, lives in abandoned burrows of the Gopher Tortoise and feeds on its droppings.
Contributed by Cotinis on 1 July, 2004 - 5:11am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 26 September, 2009 - 4:32pm

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