1. Falter

1: Australien, Queensland, Great Dividing Range, Main Range National Park, Spicer's Gap, Moss' Well, 730-750 m, 28° 04,8' S, 152° 25,1' E, trockener Wald (Eucalyptus, Acacia ...) mit Feuchtstellen, 31. März 2002, Lichtfang det. & Foto: Axel Steiner)Forum

2: Australien, Queensland, Biddaddaba bei Beaudesert, landwirtschaftlich genutztes Gebiet, 12. September 2009 (Foto: Mario Finkel), det. Gottfried BehounekForum

2. Diagnosis

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-6: two ♀♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-3: Donovan (1805: unpaginated text, pl. 36 fig. 5) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Phalaena elegans Donovan, 1805 [original combination]

3.2. Literature

• Original description: Donovan, E. (1805): An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: Including the Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-Three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, Hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not Appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. The Figures are Correctly Delineated from Specimens of the Insects; and with the Descriptions are Arranged According to the Linnæan System, with Reference to the Writings of Fabricius and other Entomologists: I-IV; pl. [1]-[41]; unpaginated text pages. London.