Idia laurentii
Appearance
Idia laurentii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Idia |
Species: | I. laurentii
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Binomial name | |
Idia laurentii (J. B. Smith, 1893)
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Idia laurentii, the laurentine idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by J. B. Smith in 1893.[1] It is found in the US from central New York, south to the mountains of North Carolina.
There is one generation per year.
Larvae have been reared on dead leaves of cherry.
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Idia laurentii (Smith, 1893)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
- 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.
- "Idia laurentii - (Smith, 1893)"[permanent dead link] NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved January 27, 2020.