Idia forbesii

Idia forbesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Idia
Species:	I. forbesii
Binomial name
Idia forbesii (French, 1894)
Synonyms
Idia merricki (J. B. Smith, 1905)

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.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. There is one generation in the north and multiple generations in the south.

Larvae feed on detritus, including dead leaves.

References

• 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.
• "930475.00 – 8327 – Idia forbesii – (French, 1894)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 27, 2020.

External links

• Original description: French, G. H. (1895). "Description of two New Deltoid Moths". Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. 4: 8 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.