DISTRIBUTION:

Nyceryx furtadoi flies in
Brazil: Goiás; Mato Grosso; Mato Grosso do Sul, the specimen type locality;
Bolivia: Santa Cruz (1000-1650m) and
Paraguay: Central: San Lorenzo; Alto Paraguay; and
possibly in Argentina: Jujuy: Calilegua, probably Salta.

Nyceryx furtadoi, 62mm, Calilegua, Jujuy, Argentina,
November 17, 2009, 750m, courtesy of Nigel Venters,
tentative identification by Bill Oehlke.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Moths are probably on the wing in just about every month. The Paratype male was taken in September-October. Paul Smith reports an August flight in San Lorenzo, Central, Paraguay.

Nyceryx furtadoi, San Lorenzo, Central, Paraguay,
August, 2009, courtesy of Paul Smith.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose, usually within three weeks.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

I am not sure if the following characters are consistent or even relevant, but differences between N. alophus and N. furtadoi which are sympatric is some areas (San Lorenzo, Central, Paraguay) include the following:
N. furtadoi has a) more pronounced/produced scalloping of the forewing outer margin; b) less dentate fw pm lines; C) a more upright white bar extending from the inner margin near the anal angle, only about a third of the way up the wing; D) a lighter, more even ground colour to the forewing; and E) a larger, rounder black fw cell marking, with a smaller accessory black mark just below the costa.

In N. alophus the white bar is more oblique and extends all the way up to the inside of the cell mark, which tends to be thin more linear/streak-like) with a greatly reduced secondary mark.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on

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