Moths of North Carolina
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Idia laurentii (Smith, 1893) - No Common Name

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: HerminiinaeP3 Number: 930479.00 MONA Number: 8331.00
Comments: One of eighteen species recorded in North America (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010), twelve of which are found in North Carolina. The type locality of I. laurentii is Mitchell County, NC (Smith, 1893)
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Forbes (1954)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The ground color is a very dark smoky brown, almost blackish; dull rather than glossy; and with luteous scales intermixed (Smith, 1893). The orbicular is small and luteous. The reniform is kidney-shaped with a central patch of the dark ground color. A pale, partial basal line is present. The antemedian is black and preceded by a luteous shade; its course is irregular and dentate. The postmedian is similar but is more strongly dentate and followed by a luteous shade. The terminal line consists of a broken series of black bars, followed by a fuscous fringe that is interrupted at the veins by pale streaks originating at larger pale dots located at the base of the fringe. The hindwings are similar in color and pattern to the forewings. The ground color of the hindwings is luteous and dusted with smoky brown and crossed by three pale lines.

Idia scobialis has a similar pattern but has a glossy, black ground color. The markings are a brighter white and more contrasting with the ground color than in laurentii. The terminal area is marked with a series of small white dots that are located above the fringe which is a solid dark gray.
Wingspan: 21-25 mm (Forbes, 1954)
Adult Structural Features: Belongs to subgenus Pseudaglossa, which Forbes (1954) characterized by the possession of long palps -- reaching the vertex -- and with the third segment very long, conical, and smoothly scaled.
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come mainly from montane forests, including high elevation hardwoods, cove forests, and riparain forests. At least one record comes from similar habitats on a Piedmont monadnock.
Larval Host Plants: Reared on dead cherry leaves (T.McCabe, cited in Wagner et al., 2011) - View
Observation Methods: Comes to blacklights
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Montane Mesic Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S3S4
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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 Photo Gallery for Idia laurentii - No common name

Photos: 17

Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31
Macon Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-07-27
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2023-07-08
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-25
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: R. Teper on 2023-06-24
Avery Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-24
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-07-02
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-29
Avery Co.
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Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-29
Avery Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-06-14
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-07-05
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2021-05-30
Cabarrus Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-06-25
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2019-06-03
Graham Co.
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Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2016-07-30
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: B. Bockhahn, K. Kittelberger, P. Scharf on 2015-06-17
Caldwell Co.
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Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2015-05-29
Cabarrus Co.
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