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Josia gigantea

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Josia gigantea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Josia
Species:
J. gigantea
Binomial name
Josia gigantea
(H. Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Josiomorpha gigantea H. Druce, 1885

Josia gigantea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found from southern Mexico to Colombia.

Larvae have been recorded on Passiflora sexflora and Passiflora apatela in Costa Rica.

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