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 13126000 Josia insincera Prout Figure 337 ; plates 32, 39M [EX] Josia insincera Prout, 1918: 423 . TYPE LOCALITY : Venezuela , Cucutá. TYPE : Holotype ³ ( BMNH ). DISCUSSION : Three species form a subclade within the Ligula Group: Josia insincera , J. mononeura , and J. similis . All exhibit an olive-brown FW ground color, contrasting with a blackish-brown HW. The longitudinal stripes and HW anal margin are orange-yellow. Josia insincera is the smallest member of this group. The moth—relatively common in disturbed habitats of Venezuela where its host plant, Passiflora biflora , grows—has been reared on numerous occasions by L.D. Otero (Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida ). Josia insincera has less frequently been collected in Colombia , in the northeastern portion of the country (Barranquilla) adjoining Venezuela . The reticulate color pattern of J. insincera caterpillars (pl. 39M) is typical for Josia . Adults and larvae were discussed and figured in Miller (1996) . DISTRIBUTION : Venezuela (AMNH, BMNH, CAS, IZA, LACM, MNHN, USNM, ZMH ); Colombia (BMNH, MNHN, ZMH) . DISSECTED : ³, Venezuela , Mérida Prov. , 60 km NW Bocono along Bocono-Pampan Rd. , 1900 ft , 31 Mar 1992 , leg. J.S. Miller , AMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-659 ) ; ³ Paratype , Venezuela , Cucuta , BMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-298 ) ; ♀ , Venezuela , Mérida Prov., Puente Victoria , 540 m , 1 May 1993 , leg. L.D. Otero , AMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-660 ) ; ♀ , Venezuela , Ciudad Bolivar , leg. S. Klages , BMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-299 ) .