Generic Revision Of The Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 2: Josiini
Author
Miller, James S
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2009
2009-06-30
2009
321
675
1022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/321.1-1
journal article
10.1206/321.1-1
0003-0090
Josia infausta
Hering Plate
32
Josia infausta
Hering, 1925: 527
, fig. 71b.
TYPE
LOCALITY
:
Colombia
,
Río San Juan.
TYPE
:
Holotype
♀
, ‘‘Tr.’’ (
ZMH
).
DISCUSSION
: Based on superficial study of the
J. infausta
type
, this species belongs in
Josia
. According to my observations, the FW shape and color of
J. infausta
suggest an affinity with
J. mononeura
and
J. insincera
. A USNM female from
Panama
(pl. 32) matches the
type
of
infausta
closely. The
type
locality for
J. infausta
, Río San Juan, is in the state of
Chocó
in northwestern
Colombia
. This habitat is contiguous with lowland
Panama
, so a Panamanian specimen could conceivably be conspecific. Assuming the USNM female is correctly identified as
J. infausta
, dissection of that specimen (JSM-546) shows a taxon distinct from
J. insincera
, but extremely close in genital morphology.
DISTRIBUTION
:
Colombia (ZMH)
;
Panama
(USNM).
DISSECTED
:
♀
,
Panama
,
Trinidad
River,
Jun 1912
, leg. August Busck, USNM (genitalia slide no. JSM-546).