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
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675
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/321.1-1
journal article
10.1206/321.1-1
0003-0090
Josia interrupta
Warren Plate
32
Josia interrupta
Warren, 1901: 441
.
TYPE
LOCALITY
:
Colombia, Cali.
TYPE
:
Syntype
³, leg. W. Rosenberg,
Sep– Dec 1894
(
BMNH
).
DISCUSSION
:
Josia interrupta
can be distinguished from most other
Josia
species
by its narrow longitudinal FW and HW stripes (pl. 32). The one in the FW is slightly constricted beyond its midpoint, terminating short of the outer margin. The FW itself is somewhat quadrate below the apex, unlike species such as
J. fustula
(pl. 32) in which the FW is more elongate. Verified examples of
J. interrupta
are relatively rare in collections. As far as I can determine, with the exception of a single specimen collected by Fassl in
Panama
, the moth is known exclusively from
Colombia
.
An undescribed western Ecuadorian species exists (AMNH, CMNH), exhibiting genitalia (JSM-648, 649) that differ slightly from those of
J. interrupta
. The moth from
Ecuador
also differs in showing wider wing stripes. It was reared on an unidentified
Passiflora
by S. Weller and N. Jacobson (1984).
DISTRIBUTION
:
Colombia (BMNH, CUIC, USNM)
;
Panama
(BMNH).
DISSECTED
: ³,
Colombia
, Ibague´, Dognin Collection,
USNM
(genitalia slide no.
JSM-558
)
;
♀
,
Colombia
,
Caldas
,
Río Canca
,
1000 m
,
24 May 1908
, leg.
Fassl
,
USNM
(genitalia slide no.
JSM-559
)
.