Idia julia

Idia julia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Idia
Species: I. julia
Binomial name
Idia julia
(French, 1894)


Julia’s Idia (Idia julia) is a species of litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Canada south to Georgia and Texas.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. There is one generation in the north and multiple generations in the south.

Larvae feed on detritus, including dead leaves.


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