wingspan : 34 mm
this Racta sp, close to Racta dalla (Bernard Hermier pers. com.), was collected years ago in the Baños-Puyo corridor.
we found this undescribed Racta in the upper Pastaza valley.
and we know of four other specimens :
- one comes from Quebrada de los Muertos, at 2600 m, at the Loja-Zamora Chinchipe border,
- a second one on the Loja-Zamora road, 20 km from Loja, between 2000 and 2600 m,
- another one, which very probably was also collected at the same Quebrada de los Muertos, and which is presently in Krakow,
- and a last one from Peru, a female collected near Oxapampa, at la Antena, 2700 m.
with five almost identical specimens , this Racta should be described ; it is the only one to look like Racta dalla, and it is markedly different from any other Racta.
