Josia interrupta Warren Plate, 1901

Miller, James S, 2009, Generic Revision Of The Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 2: Josiini, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2009 (321), pp. 675-1022 : 816-817

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 ) .