Idia diminuendis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Idia |
Species: | I. diminuendis |
Binomial name | |
Idia diminuendis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) | |
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.
The wingspan is about 16 mm. There are two generations in most of the range.
Larvae feed on detritus, including dead leaves.
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Idia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.
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Chrismania is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae. Its only species, Chrismania pictipennalis, is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern California and Arizona. Both the genus and species were first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1914.
Dichozoma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae erected by Eugene G. Munroe in 1961. Its only species, Dichozoma parvipicta, was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Utah and Texas.
Hemigrotella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Hemigrotella argenteostriata, is found in southern California. Both the genus and species were first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918.
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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 terrebralis is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in North America, including Illinois.
Idia parvulalis is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1911. It is found in North America, including its type location, the Santa Catalina Mountains in south-eastern Arizona.
Renia nemoralis, the tardy renia or chocolate renia moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the US from Illinois to south-eastern Massachusetts south to Florida and Texas. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918.
Hyperstrotia pervertens, the dotted graylet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in woodlands and forests of North America from Missouri to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas. It is found in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario in Canada. In the United States, it has been recorded in Massachusetts, Iowa, New York and South Carolina.
Euphilotes battoides, the square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America from Washington south to Baja California Norte and then west to southern Colorado and New Mexico.
Nasusina mendicata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in the US in southern and central California, extending up the coast as far as Sonoma and Napa counties.
Cisthene picta, the pictured lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in the United States from Texas to Arizona. The habitat consists of deserts.
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