1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-9: three ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

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

2.1. Original description

1-2: Herrich-Schäffer ([1855]: 82, fig. 390) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Porthesia semiochrea Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Euproctis leucomelas Walker, 1855 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Orgyia diemenii Herrich-Schäffer, [1858] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Porthesia anacausta Meyrick, [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Porthesia hololeuca Meyrick, [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Leucoma alboanalis Strand, 1914 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Herrich-Schäffer (1850-1858): Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge: 1-84, pl. [1]-[120]. Regensburg (G. J. Manz).