Caribojosia

Caribojosia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus:
Rawlins & J. S. Miller, 2008
Species:
C. youngi
Binomial name
Caribojosia youngi
Rawlins & J. S. Miller, 2008

Caribojosia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Notodontidae. Its only species, Caribojosia youngi, is found in the Dominican Republic and adjacent Haiti. Both the genus and species were first described by John E. Rawlins and James S. Miller in 2008.

The larvae feed on mature leaves of Passiflora sexflora.


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