Idia (moth) explained

Idia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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.^[4]

Species

Based on Lepidoptera and Some other Life Forms:^[5]

• Idia aemula Hübner, 1813  - common idia moth, powdered snout moth or waved tabby moth
• Idia americalis Guenée, 1854  - American idia moth or American snout moth
• Idia calvaria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
• Idia denticulalis (Harvey, 1875)  - toothed idia moth
• Idia diminuendis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918  - orange-spotted idia moth
• Idia forbesii French, 1894  - Forbes' idia moth
• Idia gopheri J. B. Smith, 1899  - tortoise commensal noctuid moth
• Idia immaculalis (Hulst, 1886)  - immaculate idia moth
• Idia julia Barnes & McDunnough, 1918  - Julia's idia moth
• Idia laurentii J. B. Smith, 1893  - Laurentine idia moth
• Idia lubricalis Geyer, 1832  - glossy black idia moth
• Idia majoralis J. B. Smith, 1895  - greater idia moth
• Idia occidentalis (Smith, 1884)
• Idia parvulalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1911
• Idia rotundalis Walker, 1866  - chocolate idia moth, rotund idia moth
• Idia scobialis Grote, 1880  - smoky idia moth
• Idia suffusalis J. B. Smith, 1899
• Idia terrebralis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912

Unpublished species

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

Notes and References

1. Lafontaine. Donald. Schmidt. Christian. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys. 19 Mar 2010. 40 . 26. 10.3897/zookeys.40.414. L&S2010. free.
2. Zahiri. Reza. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology . 2011. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. etal. 37. 102–124. 84249695 . free.
3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Idia Hübner, [1813] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . July 31, 2018.
4. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

5. Web site: Savela . Markku . Idia Hübner, [1813] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . July 31, 2018.