Josiomorpha Triangulifera
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''Josiomorpha triangulifera'' is a
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
of the subfamily
Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
first described by Hering in 1925. It is found in
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and
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Taxonomy

The species was previously synonymized with ''
Josiomorpha penetrata ''Josiomorpha penetrata'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae (moth), Arctiinae Species description, first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from southern Mexico to Guatemala. References

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References

Moths described in 1925 Arctiinae {{Arctiinae-stub