1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: South Africa, North West, Magaliesberg, Mountain Sanctuary Park, 1500 m, 24. February 2016, at light (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Langer)Forum

2: Südafrika, Limpopo, Capricorn, Hunters Rock near Alldays, 13. Januar 2018 (det. & fot.: Dr. Wolf-Achim Roland)

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

1-2: Fabricius (1794: 34-35) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Noctua punctum Fabricius, 1794 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Noctua annulata Fabricius, 1794 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Amyna selenampha Guenée, 1852 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Alamis spoliata Walker, [1858] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hama latipennis Wallengren, 1860 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Amyna subtracta Walker, 1862 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Perigea trivenefica Wallengren, 1863 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Perigea urba Wallengren, 1863 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hadena latipennis Walker, 1865 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Perigea natalensis Wallengren, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hesperimorpha paradoxa Saalmüller, 1880 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Südafrika, Kenia, Taiwan, Australien, Thailand, Pakistan, Indien, Hongkong, Swasiland, Äthiopien, Sri Lanka, Tansania, Japan, Namibia, Botswana, Mosambik, Sambia, China, Südkorea, Neukaledonien, Singapur, Fidschi, Malawi, Simbabwe, Bangladesch, Gabun, Ghana, Indonesien, Laos und Malaysia vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: India orientali.

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1794): Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. III. Pars II: 1-349. Hafniae (C. G. Proft, fil. et soc.).

3.5. Informations from other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [AfroMoths]
• [Australian Lepidoptera Butterflyhouse]