page_title: Josia
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Josia / Species
caption_attribution_description: Josia sp. Location: Ecuador Comments: Note the net of silk strands surrounding the pupa. Reference: Miller JS. 2009. Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 321, 1-971 + 48 plates. (Plate 39)
context_page_description: Josia is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
context_section_description: This genus consists of the following species:
  Josia auriflua Walker, 1864
  Josia aurifusa Walker, 1854
  Josia frigida Druce, 1885
  Josia fusigera Walker, 1864
  Josia fustula Warren, 1901
  Josia gigantea (Druce, 1885)
  Josia infausta Hering, 1925
  Josia insincera Prout, 1918
  Josia integra Walker, 1854
  Josia interrupta Warren, 1901
  Josia ligata Walker, 1864
  Josia ligula (Hübner, 1806) 
  Josia megaera (Fabricius, 1787) 
  Josia mononeura (Hübner, 1806) 
  Josia neblina Miller, 2009
  Josia oribia Druce, 1885
  Josia radians Warren, 1905
  Josia similis Hering, 1925
  Josia subcuneifera Dognin, 1902
  Josia turgida Warren, 1905
  Josia lativitta Walker, 1869 is only known from an illustration and discussions in the historical literature. Miller (2009) was unable to locate the holotype. He suggests that it may be a synonym of Josia ligula.
caption: Pupa of a Josia species in Ecuador
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