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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.

Idia laurentii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Idia
Species:	I. laurentii
Binomial name
Idia laurentii (J. B. Smith, 1893)

There is one generation per year.

Larvae have been reared on dead leaves of cherry.

References

• 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)" NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved January 27, 2020.

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