Caribojosia youngi Rawlins and Miller

Miller, James S, 2009, Generic Revision Of The Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 2: Josiini, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2009 (321), pp. 675-1022 : 783

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/321.1-1
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scientific name	Caribojosia youngi Rawlins and Miller
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Caribojosia youngi Rawlins and Miller View in CoL Figures 326 View Fig , 327 View Fig ; plate 31

Caribojosia youngi Rawlins and Miller, 2008: 211– View in CoL

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TYPE LOCALITY: Dominican Republic ; Independencia, Sierra de Neiba .

TYPE: Holotype ³, leg. J. Rawlins, R. Davidson, C. Young & S. Thompson, Sierra de Neiba just south of crest, 5 km NNW Angel Feliz, 1780 m, 18–14N, 71–47W, 13– 15 Oct 1991, cloud forest ( CMNH).

DISCUSSION: It seems remarkable that a diurnal moth as large and showy as C. youngi (pl. 31), had gone unnoticed and uncollected until 1991. Nevertheless, its very existence heralds the urgent need to document the biodiversity of endangered habitats such as the Sierra de Neiba. The 20-year biotic survey of Lepidoptera from the Dominican Republic undertaken by Rawlins et al. (CMNH), comprising nearly a quarter million specimens (see Rawlins and Miller, 2008), serves as a model for such research. The two dioptines discovered from their work— Caribojosia youngi and Eremonidia mirifica —are nothing short of earth-shattering, whether viewed from the standpoints of biogeography, phylogeny, or basic natural history.

DISTRIBUTION: Dominican Republic (AMNH, CMNH).

DISSECTED: Paratype ³, Dominican Republic, Independencia, Sierra de Neiba just south of crest, 5 km NNW Angel Feliz, 1780 m, 18–41N, 71– 47W. 13–15 Oct 1991, leg. J. Rawlins, R. Davidson, C. Young, S. Thompson, Cloud forest , CMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-568 ) ; Paratype ³, Dominican Republic, Independencia, Sierra de Neiba just south of crest, 5 km NNW Angel Feliz, 1780 m, 18–41N, 71– 47W. 13–15 Oct 1991, leg. J. Rawlins, R. Davidson, C. Young, S. Thompson, Cloud forest , CMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-1747 ) ; Paratype ♀, Elías Piña, Sierra de Neiba at crest, 5.5 km NNW Angel Feliz, 1800 m, 18–41N, 71–47W, 15 Oct 1991, leg. R. Davidson, C. Young, S. Thompson, J. Rawlins, Cloud forest , CMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-876 ) .