Idia (moth)

Idia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.[2][3][4]

Idia
Idia aemula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Idia
Hübner, 1813
Synonyms[1]
  • Reabotis J. B. Smith, [1903]
  • Epizeuxis Hübner, 1818
  • Camptylochila Stephens, 1834
  • Helia Duponchel, 1845
  • Campylochila Agassiz, [1847]
  • Helia Guenée, 1854
  • Pseudaglossa Grote, 1874
  • Zenomia Dognin, 1914
Idia lubricalis (glossy black idia) moth on Sarracenia purpurea

Description

Palpi sickle shaped and slender, where the second joint reaching above vertex of head. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless. Forewings with round apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.[5]

Species

Based on Lepidoptera and Some other Life Forms:[6]

Unpublished species

  • Idia concisa Forbes, 1954 or Idia sp. nr. aemula pale-winged idia moth

References

  1. Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Idia Hübner, [1813]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
  3. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. S2CID 84249695.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Idia Hübner, [1813]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  5. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. Savela, Markku. "Idia Hübner, [1813]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2018.


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