Idia occidentalis

Idia occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Idia
Species: I. occidentalis
Binomial name
Idia occidentalis
(Smith, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Idia lubricalis occidentalis
  • Idia partitalis (Smith, 1908)

Idia occidentalis is a species of litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Alberta and British Columbia, south to Colorado, Arizona and California.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of Idia lubricalis.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing in August in the north.


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