Josia ligula

Josia ligula
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
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 family Notodontidae. It is found in South America, on the lowlands of the Amazon basin, the Guiana shield, and the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil.


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