''Idia calvaria'' is a species of
litter moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. It is found in Central
France and northern and central
Central Europe, but mostly in the surroundings of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also present in
Turkey, the
Caucasus and
Anatolia.
The
wingspan is 24–34 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September. There are two generations in the south.
The larvae feed on ''
Populus
''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood.
The we ...
'', ''
Salix'' and ''
Rumex
The docks and sorrels, genus ''Rumex'', are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae.
Members of this genus are very common perennial herbs with a native almost worldwide distribu ...
'' species.
External links
Fauna Europaea
www.lepiforum.dewww.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de
Herminiinae
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Michael Denis
Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller
Moths described in 1775
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