Eudocima memorans (Walker, [1858])

Borth, Robert J. & Kons, Hugo L., 2022, Mitochondrial genetics of Ophiderini, with a new species from the Eudocima phalonia species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae), Zootaxa 5148 (1), pp. 1-151 : 15

Eudocima memorans (Walker, [1858])

( Figs 7 : I–J, 18: D, 23: J, 30: H, 90: A, D)

This species is separated from similar E. anguina as described above. Eudocima collusoria shares a more similar forewing pattern but lacks the small, elongate dark patch on the distal side of the pm line between veins Cu2 and Cu1. The apical line is strongly concave in both species, but in E. collusoria it is distinct between vein R5 and the apex whereas in E. memorans it is barely discernible between vein R5 and its more rounded apex. Eudocima collusoria has a distinct hindwing apical patch whereas there is no trace of one in E. memorans . Eudocima memorans has been recorded as far south as Bolivia and ranges from Ecuador east to French Guiana and north to Costa Rica.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Neotropical Eudocima and Ferenta adults (dorsal aspect).