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Idia scobialis, the smoky idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880.[1] It is found in North America from Michigan, southern Quebec and Maine, south to Florida and at least Kentucky.

Idia scobialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Idia
Species:	I. scobialis
Binomial name
Idia scobialis (Grote, 1880)

The wingspan is about 20 mm. There is one generation per year.

Larvae feed on detritus, including dead leaves.

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.
• "930478.00 – 8330 – Idia scobialis – Smoky Idia Moth – (Grote, 1880)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 27, 2020.

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