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Genus Idaea

Representative Images

Santiago Oaks Moth - Idaea bonifata Red-Bordered Wave Moth - Idaea demissaria unknown Geometer - Idaea bonifata Dot-Lined Wave - Idaea tacturata Moth 031117bar - Idaea demissaria Idaea violacearia? - Idaea violacearia Pennsylvania Moth - Idaea scintillularia 7123 – Idaea obfusaria – Rippled Wave Moth? - Idaea bonifata
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Sterrhinae
Tribe Sterrhini
Genus Idaea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Idaea Treitschke, 1825
Hyriogona Warren, 1900

Numbers

There are more than 27 species of Idaea in America north of Mexico.
There are 4 species in Canada. CBIF)

Range

Represented from coast to coast in North America; some species are holarctic.

See Also

This genus of small-sized moths has a few members that are somewhat similar to Sigela in the family Erebidae.

Internet References

pinned adult images of the 4 species occurring in Canada (CBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 January, 2005 - 1:55pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 19 October, 2021 - 11:56am

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