Ferenta incaya Hampson, 1926

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 : 24

Ferenta incaya Hampson, 1926

( Figs 7 : G–H)

This species is rare in collections and confused with more common species, although there are good wing characters for diagnosing it. The oblique dorsal hindwing orange band extends to the wing margin in cell CuA2, unlike F. cacica and F. stolliana where the black marginal band spans the entire outer margin. This species lacks a contrasting light band between the dorsal forewing reniform spot and the postmedial line which is present in the other two species. It was described from Peru by a single male, and has also been recorded from Columbia ( Fig. 7 : G). No recent material or COI 5’ sequences were available.

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