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

Boisduval described this species twice in the same year. We do not know which description was published earlier. Therefore, both ones are provided here.

1-3: Boisduval (1833a: 92, pl. 13 fig. 9) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

1: Boisduval (1833b: 240) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Hadena mauritia Boisduval, 1833 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Agrotis aliena Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Celaena bisignata Walker, 1865 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Laphygma gratiosa Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Orthosia margarita Hawthorne, 1897 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Spodoptera effeminata (Warren, 1911) [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Agrotis yernauxi Hulstaert, 1924 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description (?): Boisduval [J. A.] (1833a): Descriptions des lépidoptères de Madagascar. — Nouvelles annales du muséum d'histoire naturelle 2: 149-270, pl. 1-8. Paris (Roret).
• Original description (?): Boisduval, [J. A.] (1833b): Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. 1-122, pl. 1-16. Paris (Roret).