1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1: Guenée (1852: 234) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Synonyms

• Ophyx bipartita Guenée, 1852 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Ophyx dimidiata Guenée, 1852 (repl.) [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Ophisma resignans Walker, 1858 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Thermesia tenebrica Lucas, 1892 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.2. Literature

• Original description: Guenée (1852): Noctuélites 3. = Boisduval & Guenée (1852): Histoire naturelle des insectes. Species général des lépidoptères 7: 1-442, Errata. Paris (Roret).