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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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