Idia denticulalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Idia |
Species: | I. denticulalis |
Binomial name | |
Idia denticulalis (Harvey, 1875) | |
Synonyms | |
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Idia denticulalis, the toothed idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1875. It is found in Quebec, Canada, and the US from Wisconsin to New England, south to Alabama and Texas.
The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in Maryland and from July to August in Quebec. There is one generation per year in the north, two or more generations on the south.
Larvae feed on lichen and detritus, including dead leaves.
Idia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.
Eubolina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Eubolina impartialis, commonly known as the eubolina moth, is found in the United States, mostly in southern Texas. Both the genus and the species were first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1875.
Litocala is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Litocala sexsignata, the litocala moth, is found in the United States in Washington, Montana, Utah and Colorado south to southern California and northern Baja California in Mexico. Both the genus and species were first described by Leon F. Harvey, the genus in 1878 and the species three years earlier. The habitat consists of oak woodlands and forests.
Hypena bijugalis, the dimorphic bomolocha, dimorphic hypena or toothed snout-moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia across southern Canada to Vancouver Island, south over the whole United States to Florida.
Hypena edictalis, the large bomolocha, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Quebec and Maine south to Virginia and Kentucky, west to the foothills of Alberta and the Peace River area of British Columbia.
Euxoa campestris, the flat dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to Alaska, south to New England and southern Canada from southern Quebec west to British Columbia. In the west it is distributed southward in the Rocky Mountains to southern New Mexico, east-central Arizona, and central Utah. In the east it occurs in the Appalachians in eastern Kentucky and in western North Carolina.
Idia aemula, the common idia, powdered snout or waved tabby, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found from Canada south to Florida and Texas. It has been reported in the Palearctic.
Idia concisa, the pale-winged idia is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1954. It is widespread across much of eastern North America.
Idia lubricalis, the glossy black idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Geyer in 1832. It is found from Canada south to Florida and Texas in deciduous forests.
Idia occidentalis is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae first described by Smith in 1884. It is found in North America from southern Alberta and British Columbia, south to Colorado, Arizona and California.
Idia americalis, the American idia or American snout, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is commonly found in moist forests in North America, ranging from southern Canada to Florida and Texas. It is nocturnal and can be lured by sugar baits and light traps.
Idia diminuendis, the orange-spotted idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in North America from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas.
Idia forbesii, or Forbes' idia moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by George Hazen French in 1894. It is found in North America from Wisconsin to Quebec, south to Florida and Texas.
Idia julia, or Julia's idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found from southern Canada south to Georgia and Texas.
Idia rotundalis, the chocolate idia or rotund idia moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found from southern Canada to Florida and Texas.
Idia scobialis, the smoky idia, is a species of litter moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880. It is found in North America from Michigan, southern Quebec and Maine, south to Florida and at least Kentucky.
Idia laurentii, the laurentine idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by J. B. Smith in 1893. It is found in the US from central New York, south to the mountains of North Carolina.
Idia majoralis, the greater idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by J. B. Smith in 1895. It is found in Canada from Ontario and Quebec, south into the United States, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri.
Idia immaculalis, the immaculate idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886. It is found in North America from at least California, north and east across Montana to southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Cisthene tenuifascia, the thin-banded lichen moth or three-banded lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Leon F. Harvey in 1875. It is found in Mexico and from Arizona to Florida, North Carolina and Oklahoma. Strays can be found further north.