1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: ♂, Australia, Victoria, NE Melbourne, Yarra Ranges NP, Mt. Donna Buang, 1100 m, 21. January 2012 lux; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

2-3: ♀, Australia, Victoria, Victorian Alps, 20km SE Mount Beauty, Falls Creek, Pretty Valley Hut, 1690m, 23. January 2012 lux; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

4-5: ♂, Australia, Mornington Peninsula, Mornington, Garten, 18 m, 20.01.2022, am Licht (det. & fot.: Eckhard Schaefer), conf. Axel SteinerForum

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: Boisduval (1832: 240) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Noctua infusa Boisduval, 1832 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Agrotis spina Guenée, 1852 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Agrotis cordata Walker, 1857 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Mamestra nitida Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Mamestra tenebrosa Walker, 1865 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Agrotis vastator Clarke, 1867 (nom. nud.) [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Agrotis vastator Scott, 1869 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Euxoa densata Warren, 1912 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Rhyacia obfuscata Warren, 1912 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

Emmerson & Hoare (2019: 166) see in the Australian H. infusa a "vagrant species" for Albany (Auckland, New Zealand): "Only recorded once; 28 January 2008."

(Author: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Boisduval (1832): Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'océan pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Première partie. Lépidoptères: I-IV, 5-267, pl. 1-12. Paris (J. Tastu).
• Dreyer, D., Adden, A., Chen, H., Frost, B., Mouritsen, H., Xu, J., Green, K., Whitehouse, M., Chahl, J., Wallace, J., Hu, G., Foster, J., Heinze, S. & E. Warrant (2025): Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night. — Nature, 643: 994–1000. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09135-3. [open-access paper with PDF-download at nature.com]
• Emmerson, A. & R. Hoare (2019): Lepidoptera from Redvale, Albany, north of Auckland, New Zealand, 2004-2016: an annotated list. — The Weta, 53: 43-70. [weta.ento.org.nz]