Josiomorpha cathetozosta

Josiomorpha cathetozosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Josiomorpha
Species:	J. cathetozosta
Binomial name
	Josiomorpha cathetozosta; Becker, 2013

Josiomorpha cathetozosta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Vitor Osmar Becker in 2013. It is found in Guatemala.[1]

The length of the forewings is about 22 mm. The forewings are black with broad, yellow fascia from the base of the costa, across the cell. The hindwings are yellow with a broad black margin.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Greek cathetos (meaning perpendicular) and zoster (meaning belt).

gollark: What do you run on your turtles, I mean.

gollark: <@114827439070248961> What do you use for your gigantic farming complexes?

gollark: Soon... soon we shall print out a million cacti and destroy the earth...

gollark: I don't want to if a better existing one is around.

gollark: Anyone know of good turtle tree/sugarcane farms? I want to make a giant farming complex.

References

Becker, Vitor O. (September 15, 2013). "Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa" (PDF). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 46: 53–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.

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[1] Becker, Vitor O. (September 15, 2013). "Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa" (PDF). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 46: 53–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.