Idia occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Idia |
Species: | I. occidentalis |
Binomial name | |
Idia occidentalis (Smith, 1884) | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of Idia lubricalis .
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing in August in the north.
The insect has a yellow-brown colour, and a "cloudy" pattern. It is said the insect's flight history is from May to October, and that it seems to occupy: dry open areas, arid native grasslands, and badlands. [1]
Schinia, commonly called flower moths, is a large genus of moths belonging to the family Noctuidae. The genus has a Holarctic distribution with the vast majority of species being found in North America, many with a very restricted range and larval food plant.
Idia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.
Drasteria perplexa, the perplexing or perplexed arches, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1884. It is found in North America from Alberta and Saskatchewan south to Colorado and Arizona.
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 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 litter moth of 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 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.
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 gopheri, the tortoise commensal noctuid moth, is a litter moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by J. B. Smith in 1899.
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.
Phalaenostola hanhami, also called Hanham's owlet or Hanham's snout moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by J. B. Smith in 1899. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia, west across Canada to central Alberta, south to Massachusetts and New York.
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.
Aspitates aberrata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Henry Edwards in 1884. It is found in North America from northern Minnesota north and west across southern Manitoba to western Alberta and the Peace River area of British Columbia. The habitat consists of open aspen parklands and low elevation grasslands.