Idaea (moth)

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Idaea, sometimes called Hyriogona (among other synonyms), is a large genus of geometer moths. It was erected by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825. They are found nearly worldwide, with many native to the Mediterranean, the African savannas, and the deserts of western Asia.^[1][2]

Idaea
Idaea aversata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Sterrhini
Genus:	Idaea Treitschke, 1825
Synonyms
Andragrupos Hampson, 1891 Ania Stephens, 1831 Anteois Warren, 1900 Argyroscelia Warren, 1907 Aphrogeneia Gumppenberg, 1890 Brachyprota Warren, 1897 Cacorista Warren, 1899 Carphoxera Riley, 1891 Cysteophora Hulst, 1900 Deinopygia Warren, 1904 Euphenolia Grossbeck, 1907 Hemipogon Warren, 1897 Hirthestes Dognin, 1914 Hyriogona Warren, 1900 Janarda Moore, 1888 Limeria Staudinger, 1892 Leptacme Warren, 1897 Lobura Warren, 1906 Lophophleps Hampson, 1891 Lophosis Hulst, 1896 Mnesterodes Meyrick, 1889 Neochrysa Warren, 1900 Omopera Warren, 1906 Pareupithex Warren, 1907 Pogonogya Warren, 1900 Polygraphodes Warren, 1897 Prospasta Warren, 1900 Ptenopoda Hulst, 1896 Ptychopoda Curtis, 1826 Pyctis Hübner, 1825 Pythodora Meyrick, 1886 Schematorhages Warren, 1905 Sterrha Hübner, 1825 Strophoptila Warren, 1897 Synomila Hulst, 1896 Thysanotricha Warren, 1903 Xenocentris Meyrick, 1889 Zeuctoneura Warren, 1895

As of 2013, there were about 680 species in the genus.^[1]

Selected species

• Idaea actiosaria Walker, 1861
• Idaea albitorquata (Püngeler, 1909)
• Idaea alicantaria (Reisser, 1963)
• Idaea alopecodes (Meyrick, 1888)
• Idaea alyssumata (Himminghoffen & Milliere, 1871)
• Idaea amnesta (Prout, 1922)
• Idaea antiquaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
• Idaea argophylla (Turner, 1922)
• Idaea ascepta (Prout, 1915)
• Idaea attenuaria (Rambur, 1833)
• Idaea aureolaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Idaea auricruda (Butler, 1879)
• Idaea aversata (Linnaeus, 1758) – riband wave
• Idaea basinta (Schaus, 1901) – red and white wave
• Idaea belemiata (Millière, 1868)
• Idaea bigladiata Herbulot, 1975
• Idaea biselata (Hufnagel, 1767) – fan-footed wave
• Idaea blaesii Lenz & Hausmann, 1992
• Idaea bonifata (Hulst, 1887)
• Idaea bundeli Viidalepp, 1988
• Idaea bustilloi (Agenjo, 1967)
• Idaea calunetaria (Staudinger, 1859)
• Idaea camparia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
• Idaea carvalhoi Herbulot, 1979
• Idaea celtima (Schaus, 1901)
• Idaea cervantaria (Millière, 1869)
• Idaea chloristis (Meyrick, 1888)
• Idaea circuitaria (Hübner, 1819)
• Idaea coercita (Lucas, 1900)
• Idaea consanguiberica Rezbanyai-Reser & Exposito, 1992
• Idaea consanguinaria (Lederer, 1853)
• Idaea consolidata (Lederer, 1853)
• Idaea contiguaria (Hübner, [1799]) – Weaver's wave
• Idaea costaria (Walker, 1863)
• Idaea costiguttata Warren, 1896
• Idaea couloniata (Balestre, 1907)
• Idaea crinipes (Warren, 1897)
• Idaea curtopedata Ebert, 1965
• Idaea darvasica Viidalepp, 1988
• Idaea dasypus (Turner, 1908)
• Idaea degeneraria (Hübner, [1799]) – Portland ribbon wave
• Idaea deitanaria Reisser & Weisert, 1977
• Idaea deleta (Wileman & South, 1917)
• Idaea delosticta (Turner, 1922)
• Idaea demissaria (Hübner, 1831) – red-bordered wave
• Idaea denudaria (Prout, 1913)
• Idaea descitaria (Christoph, 1893)
• Idaea determinata (Staudinger, 1876)
• Idaea deversaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
• Idaea dilutaria (Hübner, [1799]) – silky wave
• Idaea dimidiata (Hufnagel, 1767) – single dotted wave
• Idaea distinctaria (Boisduval, 1840)
• Idaea dohlmanni (Hedemann, 1881)
• Idaea dolichopis (Turner, 1908)
• Idaea effeminata (Staudinger, 1892)
• Idaea efflorata (Zeller, 1849)
• Idaea effusaria (Christoph, 1881)
• Idaea egenaria (Walker, 1861)
• Idaea elachista (Turner, 1922)
• Idaea elaphrodes (Turner, 1908)
• Idaea elongaria (Rambur, 1833)
• Idaea emarginata (Linnaeus, 1758) – small scallop
• Idaea epicyrta (Turner, 1917)
• Idaea eremiata (Hulst, 1887)
• Idaea eretmopus (Turner, 1908)
• Idaea euclasta (Turner, 1922)
• Idaea eucrossa (Turner, 1932)
• Idaea eugeniata (Millière, 1870)
• Idaea euphorbiata (Balestre, 1906)
• Idaea eupitheciata (Guenée, [1858])
• Idaea exilaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Idaea falckii (Hedemann, 1879)
• Idaea fatimata (Staudinger, 1895)
• Idaea fernaria (Schaus, 1940)
• Idaea ferrilinea (Warren, 1900)
• Idaea figuraria (A. Bang-Haas, 1907)
• Idaea filicata (Hübner, [1799])
• Idaea flaveolaria (Hübner, [1809])
• Idaea forsteri (Wiltshire, 1967)
• Idaea franconiaria (Swinhoe, 1902)
• Idaea fucosa (Warren, 1900)
• Idaea furciferata (Packard, 1873)
• Idaea fuscovenosa (Goeze, 1781) – dwarf cream wave
• Idaea geminata (Warren, 1895)
• Idaea gemmaria Hampson, 1896
• Idaea gemmata (Packard, 1876)
• Idaea halmaea (Meyrick, 1888)
• Idaea hilliata (Hulst, 1887)
• Idaea hispanaria (Püngeler, 1913)
• Idaea humiliata (Hufnagel, 1767) – Isle of Wight wave
• Idaea ibericata (Wehrli, 1927)
• Idaea ibizaria Mentzer, 1980
• Idaea imebcilla (Inoue, 1955)
• Idaea incalcarata (Chrétien, 1919)
• Idaea incisaria (Staudinger, 1892)
• Idaea indigata (Wileman, 1915)
• Idaea infirmaria (Rambur, 1833)
• Idaea inquinata (Scopoli, 1763) – rusty wave
• Idaea insulensis (Rindge, 1958)
• Idaea intermedia (Staudinger, 1879)
• Idaea invalida (Butler, 1879)
• Idaea inversata (Guenée, 1857)
• Idaea iodesma (Meyrick, 1897)
• Idaea jakima (Butler, 1878)
• Idaea joannisiata (Homberg, 1911)
• Idaea korbi (Püngeler, 1917)
• Idaea krasilnikovae Viidalepp, 1992
• Idaea laevigata (Scopoli, 1763) – strange wave
• Idaea leptochyta (Turner, 1942)
• Idaea libycata (Bartel, 1906)
• Idaea lilliputaria (Warren, 1902)
• Idaea lineata Hampson, 1893
• Idaea litigiosaria (Boisduval, 1840)
• Idaea longaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
• Idaea lucellata (Püngeler, 1892)
• Idaea lucida (Turner, [1942])
• Idaea lusohispanica Herbulot, 1991
• Idaea luteolaria (Constant, 1863)
• Idaea lutulentaria (Staudinger, 1892)
• Idaea lycaugidia (Prout, 1932)
• Idaea macilentaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)
• Idaea mancipiata (Staudinger, 1871)
• Idaea manicaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
• Idaea marcidaria (Walker, 1861)
• Idaea mediaria (Hübner, 1819)
• Idaea methaemaria (Hampson, 1903)
• Idaea metohiensis (Rebel, 1900)
• Idaea micra Hampson, 1893
• Idaea microphysa (Hulst, 1896)
• Idaea micropterata (Hulst, 1900)
• Idaea miltophrica (Turner, 1922)
• Idaea minuscula (Ribbe, 1912)
• Idaea minuscularia (Ribbe, 1912)
• Idaea minuta (Schaus, 1901)
• Idaea miranda (Hulst, 1896)
• Idaea monata (Forbes, [1947])
• Idaea moniliata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – chequered wave
• Idaea muricata (Hufnagel, 1767) – purple-bordered gold
• Idaea muricolor (Warren, 1904)
• Idaea mustelata Gumppenberg, 1892
• Idaea mutanda Warren, 1888
• Idaea nanata (Warren, 1897)
• Idaea nephelota (Turner, 1908)
• Idaea nexata (Hübner, [1813])
• Idaea nibseata (Cassino, 1931)
• Idaea nielseni (Hedemann, 1879)
• Idaea nigrolineata (Chrétien, 1911)
• Idaea nitidata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861)
• Idaea nocturna (Staudinger, 1892)
• Idaea nudaria (Christoph, 1881)
• Idaea obfusaria (Walker, 1861) – rippled wave
• Idaea obliquaria (Turati, 1913)
• Idaea obsoletaria (Rambur, 1833)
• Idaea occidentaria (Packard, 1874)
• Idaea ochrata (Scopoli, 1763) – bright wave
• Idaea orilochia (H. Druce, 1893)
• Idaea ossiculata (Lederer, 1871)
• Idaea ostentaria (Walker, 1861) – showy wave
• Idaea osthelderi (Wehrli, 1932)
• Idaea ostrinaria (Hübner, [1813])
• Idaea pachydetis (Meyrick, 1888)
• Idaea palaestinensis (Sterneck, 1933)
• Idaea pallidata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Idaea paraula (Prout, 1914)
• Idaea partita (Lucas, 1900)
• Idaea pecharia Staudinger, 1863
• Idaea pervertipennis (Hulst, 1900)
• Idaea philocosma (Meyrick, 1888)
• Idaea phoenicoglauca Hampson, 1907
• Idaea phoenicoptera (Hampson, 1896)
• Idaea pilosata (Warren, 1898)
• Idaea poecilocrossa (Prout, 1932)
• Idaea politaria (Hübner, [1799])
• Idaea politata (Hübner, 1793)
• Idaea predotaria (Hartig, 1951)
• Idaea probleta (Turner, 1908)
• Idaea productata (Packard, 1876)
• Idaea promiscuaria (Leech, 1897)
• Idaea pseliota (Meyrick, 1888)
• Idaea pulveraria (Snellen, 1872)
• Idaea punctatissima (Warren, 1901)
• Idaea purpurea Hampson, 1891
• Idaea rainerii Hausmann, 1994
• Idaea remissa (Wileman, 1911)
• Idaea retractaria (Walker, 1861)
• Idaea rhodogrammaria (Püngeler, 1913)
• Idaea rhopalopus (Turner, 1908)
• Idaea robiginata (Staudinger, 1863)
• Idaea roseofasciata (Christoph, 1882)
• Idaea rotundopennata (Packard, 1876)
• Idaea rubraria (Staudinger, 1901)
• Idaea rufaria (Hübner, [1799])
• Idaea rupicolaria (Reisser, 1927)
• Idaea rusticata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – least carpet moth
• Idaea sakuraii (Inoue, 1963)
• Idaea saleri Domínguez & Baixeras, 1992
• Idaea salutaria (Christoph, 1881)
• Idaea sardoniata (Homberg, 1912)
• Idaea scaura (Turner, 1922)
• Idaea scintillans (Warren, 1898)
• Idaea scintillularia (Hulst, 1888) – diminutive moth
• Idaea semisericea (Warren, 1897)
• Idaea seriata (Schrank, 1802) – small dusty wave
• Idaea sericeata (Hübner, [1813])
• Idaea serpentata (Hufnagel, 1767) – ochraceous wave
• Idaea simplex (Warren, 1899)
• Idaea sinicata (Walker, 1861)
• Idaea skinnerata (Grossbeck, 1907)
• Idaea spissilimbaria (Mabille, 1888)
• Idaea squalidaria (Staudinger, 1882)
• Idaea stenozona (Lower, 1902)
• Idaea straminata (Borkhausen, 1794) – plain wave
• Idaea subochraria (Staudinger, 1892)
• Idaea subpolitana Mironov, 1986
• Idaea subrufaria (Staudinger, 1900)
• Idaea subsaturata (Guenée, 1858)
• Idaea subsericeata (Haworth, 1809) – satin wave
• Idaea sugillata (Bastelberger, 1911)
• Idaea sylvestraria (Hübner, [1799]) – dotted-bordered wave
• Idaea sympractor (Prout, 1932)
• Idaea tacturata (Walker, 1861) – dot-lined wave
• Idaea taiwana (Wileman & South, 1917)
• Idaea talvei Viidalepp, 1988
• Idaea terpnaria (Prout, 1913)
• Idaea textaria (Lederer, 1861)
• Idaea tineata (Thierry-Mieg, 1910)
• Idaea trigeminata (Haworth, 1809) – treble brown spot
• Idaea trisetata (Prout, 1922)
• Idaea trissomita (Turner, 1941)
• Idaea trissorma (Turner, 1926)
• Idaea tristega (Prout, 1932)
• Idaea tristriata (Staudinger, 1892)
• Idaea trypheropa (Meyrick, 1889)
• Idaea typicata (Guenée, 1858)
• Idaea uniformis (Warren, 1896)
• Idaea urcitana (Agenjo, 1952)
• Idaea vesubiata (Millière, 1873)
• Idaea violacearia (Walker, 1861)
• Idaea wiltshirei (Brandt, 1938)
• Idaea zoferata Kaila & Viidalepp, 1996
• Idaea zonata (Prout, 1932)

References

1. Choi, S. W. & Kim, S. S. (2013). "Six new records of Idaea Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae) from Korea". Entomological Research. 43 (1): 27-33.
2. Savela, Markku. "Idaea Treitschke, 1825". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 31, 2019.