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Species Idia rotundalis - Rotund Idia Moth - Hodges#8326

Representative Images

Rotund Idia - Idia rotundalis 8326 - Idia rotundalis A Noctuid Moth - Idia rotundalis Rotund Idia Moth - Hodges #8326 - Idia rotundalis rotund idia - Idia rotundalis black moth - Idia rotundalis Idia rotundalis Rotund Idia Moth - Idia rotundalis
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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 rotundalis (Rotund Idia Moth - Hodges#8326)

Hodges Number

8326

Other Common Names

Chocolate Idia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Idia rotundalis (Walker, 1866)
Phylogenetic sequence #930474

Size

TL≈11-13mm (1)
WS≈20 mm (based on specimen at Moth Photographers Group)

Identification

Adult: FW shiny sooty black with obscure dusky lines. Pale gray reniform and orbicular spots are small and inconspicuous. (1)


Food

coral fungus and dead leaves (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens

Works Cited

1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
Contributed by tom murray on 15 July, 2007 - 8:14pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, anitagould, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 18 March, 2023 - 3:56pm

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