Idia (moth)

Idia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subfamily:Herminiinae
Genus:Idia
Hübner, 1813
Synonyms
  • Reabotis J. B. Smith, 1903
  • Pseudoglossa Grote

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]

Unpublished species

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

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Idia Hübner, [1813]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. Savela, Markku. "Idia Hübner, [1813]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2018.


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