Josia ligata Walker

 Notodontidae: Dioptinae: Josiini

Host plant:

Passiflora mollissima (Passifloraceae)
 

 

 

 

 

 

Male (dorsal)

Male (ventral)

Determined by: J.S. Miller UNR/AMNH

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

Not reared; collected during the day.

Host plants

Passiflora mollissima (Passifloraceae).

Parasitoids

Predators

Observations and Comments

Josia ligata has not yet been reared at Yanayacu, but the species is common at a nearby site - along the banks of the Río Quíjos outside the town of Baeza. The specimen shown bears the following label data: ECUADOR; Carchi, Mira, 14 May 1994, leg. Elicio Tapia.

Voucher location

American Museum of Natural History