1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description

1: Linnaeus (1758: 527) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Phalaena janata Linnaeus, 1758 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Phalaena melicerta Drury, [1773] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Noctua tigrina Fabricius, 1775 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Noctua cyathina Macleay, 1826 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Catocala traversii Fereday, 1877 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Ophiusa ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1906 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Achaea melicertoides Strand, 1914 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Achaea melicertella Strand, 1914 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Achaea melicertoides Gaede, 1938 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Achaea melicertella Gaede, 1938 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758): Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. 1-824. Holmiae (Laurentius Salvius).