Josia frigida | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Josia |
Species: | J. frigida |
Binomial name | |
Josia frigida H. Druce, 1885 | |
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Josia frigida is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. [1] It is found from Panama and Guatemala to southern Mexico. Its larvae have been reared on Passiflora costaricensis and Passiflora quinquangularis. [2]
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Acanthodica is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by William Schaus in 1894.
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Josia is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Josia aurifusa is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic to Venezuela.
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Josia gigantea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found from southern Mexico to Colombia.
Josia insincera is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1918. It lives in Venezuela, where larvae are reared on Passiflora biflora.
Josia ligata is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Josia oribia is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in the eastern Andean foothills of Peru and Bolivia.
Josia radians is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Amazonian Colombia and Ecuador.
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