Idia gopheri

Idia gopheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Idia
Species: I. gopheri
Binomial name
Idia gopheri
(J. B. Smith, 1899)

Idia gopheri, commonly known as the Tortoise Commensal Noctuid Moth, is a species of litter moth in the Erebidae family. It is only known from Lake Worth and Port Sewell north to Escambia and Liberty Counties in Florida, but it might also be present in southeastern Alabama and southern Georgia.

Larvae live and feed in gopher tortoise burrows.


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