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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 occidentalis - Hodges#8334.1 (Idia occidentalis)

Species Idia occidentalis - Hodges#8334.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · See Also · 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 occidentalis (Idia occidentalis - Hodges#8334.1)
Hodges Number
8334.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Idia occidentalis (Smith, 1884)
Formerly subspecies of Idia lubricalis [Epizeuxis lubricalis occidentalis]
Phylogenetic sequence # 930483
Numbers
Amydria has 18 species in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Size
Forewing length 12-21 mm. (3)
Range
Southern Alberta and British Columbia, south to Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Californa.
Food
Larval host is unknown, but related species feed on fungi and molds.
See Also
Idia lubricalis is smaller, darker with light transverse lines.

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Pronoctua peabodyae is similar but without bold transverse lines.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths
Moth Photographers Group
Noctuoidea of Canada
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.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 .
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 September, 2011 - 1:43pm
Last updated 19 April, 2013 - 1:41am

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