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

1-2: Walker (1858: 1681-1682) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Thalpophila rubrescens Walker, 1858 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Chloridea aresca Turner, 1911 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chloridea caesia Warren, 1913 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Chloridea rufa Warren, 1913 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Heliothis hyperchroa Turner, 1920 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Walker, F. (1858): List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 15: 1521-1888.