Orange-spotted Idia Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/19/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Orange-spotted Idia Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/20/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
An Orange-spotted Idia Moth.
Orange-spotted Idia Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved.
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| Idia diminuendis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Idia |
| Species: | I. diminuendis
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| Binomial name | |
| Idia diminuendis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
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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.
References
[edit]- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
- "930477.00 – 8329 – Idia diminuendis – Orange-spotted Idia Moth – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
- Roberts, Jason D. (July 28, 2014). "Species Idia diminuendis - Orange-spotted Idia - Hodges#8329". BugGuide. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
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