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An Idia forbesii in Harford Co., Maryland (7/27/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Idia forbesii in Howard Co., Maryland (6/8/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
An Idia forbesii in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/22/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Shannon Schade.
An Idia forbesii in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/13/2018).
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Mark Etheridge.
An Idia forbesii in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/9/2016). Identification verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA and Hugh McGuinness/iNaturalist.
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Timothy Reichard.
An Idia forbesii in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/22/2016).
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Mark Etheridge.
Idia forbesii in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/9/2016). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
An Idia forbesii in Harford Co., Maryland (7/4/2021).
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Dave Webb.
Idia forbesii in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/20/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
Idia forbesii in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/25/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
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Sergei Drovetski.
An Idia forbesii in Howard Co., Maryland (6/8/2017). Determined by Hugh McGuinness.
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Sue Muller.
Idia forbesii in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/25/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
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Sergei Drovetski.
Idia forbesii in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/16/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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An Idia forbesii.
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Source: Wikipedia
Idia forbesii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Idia |
Species: | I. forbesii
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Binomial name | |
Idia forbesii (French, 1894)
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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
[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.
- "930475.00 – 8327 – Idia forbesii – (French, 1894)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
External links
[edit]- 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.