Skip to content
Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Insects › Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths

American Idia Moth

Idia americalis

24,871 observations in the source records

Learn American Idia Moth freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) meeshmosh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 156, February 160, March 252, April 494, May 949, June 445, July 676, August 633, September 432, October 261, November 163, December 145.
United States21,566
Canada5,359
Ontario3,371
New York2,936
Alabama1,465
Texas1,356
Virginia1,112
Michigan1,026
Maryland976
Quebec919

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusIdia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise American Idia Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works