Josia ligula

Josia ligula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Josia
Species: J. ligula
Binomial name
Josia ligula
(Hübner, 1806)
Synonyms
  • Hypocrita ligula Hübner, [1808]
  • Bombyx fulvia Cramer, 1779 (invalid - subsequent misidentification of Phalaena Noctua fulvia Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Josia tenuivitta Butler 1878

Josia ligula is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in South America, on the lowlands of the Amazon basin, the Guiana shield, and the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil.

Wing venation of Josia mononeura (left) and Josia ligula (right)

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