Species Idia suffusalis - Hodges#8325

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · 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 suffusalis (Idia suffusalis - Hodges#8325)

Hodges Number

8325

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Idia suffusalis (Smith, 1899)

Epizeuxis suffusalis Smith, 1899 (1)

Size

FWL: 10 to 14 mm (2).

Identification

"The forewings are dirty medium gray with undulating darker gray antemedial and postmedial lines. The reniform spot is a smudgy dark bar surrounded by paler scales. The hindwing is similar, slightly lighter gray, with distinct dark markings limited to the discal spot and postmedial line" (2).

Range

Western North America (records from Arizona, British Columbia, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Washington (2), (3)).

Habitat

"Little information is presently available for this species, but it appears to occupy dry habitats at low elevations east of the Cascades and in southwest Oregon" (2).

Season

Records from May to September (2), (3).

Food

"No information is presently available for this species, but it is probably a detritivore feeding on dead leaves like related species" (2).

Print References

Smith, J.B. 1899. "New Noctuids and Notes". Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 7(4): 233 (1).

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Species page at Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Species page at Pacific Northwest Moths (PNWM) (2)

Works Cited

1.	New Noctuids and notes John B. Smith. 1899. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 7(4): 223-234.

2.	Pacific Northwest Moths

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 26 December, 2017 - 3:03pm
Last updated 1 January, 2018 - 10:45pm

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