''Idia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

litter moth The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushroom ...

s of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.

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.

Species

Based on Lepidoptera and Some other Life Forms: *'' Idia aemula'' Hübner, 1813 – common idia moth, powdered snout moth or waved tabby moth *'' Idia americalis'' Guenée, 1854 – American idia moth or American snout moth *'' Idia calvaria'' Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 *'' Idia denticulalis'' (Harvey, 1875) – toothed idia moth *'' Idia diminuendis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 – orange-spotted idia moth *'' Idia forbesii'' French, 1894 – Forbes' idia moth *'' Idia gopheri'' J. B. Smith, 1899 – tortoise commensal noctuid moth *'' Idia immaculalis'' (Hulst, 1886) – immaculate idia moth *'' Idia julia'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 – Julia's idia moth *'' Idia laurentii'' J. B. Smith, 1893 – Laurentine idia moth *'' Idia lubricalis'' Geyer, 1832 – glossy black idia moth *'' Idia majoralis'' J. B. Smith, 1895 – greater idia moth *'' Idia occidentalis'' (Smith, 1884) *''

Idia parvulalis ''Idia parvulalis'' is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1911. It is found in North America, including its type location, the Santa Catalina Mountains in south-east ...

'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1911 *'' Idia rotundalis'' Walker, 1866 – chocolate idia moth, rotund idia moth *'' Idia scobialis'' Grote, 1880 – smoky idia moth *'' Idia suffusalis'' J. B. Smith, 1899 *'' Idia terrebralis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1912

Unpublished species

*'' Idia concisa'' Forbes, 1954 or ''Idia'' sp. nr. ''aemula'' – pale-winged idia moth

References

Herminiinae Moth genera {{Herminiinae-stub