kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 >
superfamily: Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 >
family: Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 >
subfamily: Dioptinae Walker, 1862 >
tribe: Josiini Piepers & Snellen, 1900 >
genus: Josia Hübner, 1819 >