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Josia oribia

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Josia oribia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Josia
Species:
J. oribia
Binomial name
Josia oribia
H. Druce, 1885
Synonyms
  • Josia schnusei Strand, 1920

Josia oribia is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in the eastern Andean foothills of Peru and Bolivia.

It is engaged in Müllerian mimicry with Erbessa mimica.

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