Idia diminuendis, the orange-spotted idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in North America from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Idia |
| Species: | I. diminuendis
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| Binomial name | |
| Idia diminuendis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
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The wingspan is about 16 mm. There are two generations in most of the range.
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.
- "930477.00 – 8329 – Idia diminuendis – Orange-spotted Idia Moth – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
- Roberts, Jason D. (July 28, 2014). "Species Idia diminuendis - Orange-spotted Idia - Hodges#8329". BugGuide. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
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