1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: South Africa, Limpopo, Waterberg, Lindani Game Park, 1000 m, 28. February 2016, at light (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Langer)Forum

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description

1-2: Wallengren (1863: 148-149) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Xanthoptera anachoresis Wallengren, 1863 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Thalpochares accedens Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Thalpochares divisa Moore, 1881 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Thalpochares leonata Butler, 1886 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Porphyrinia derufata Warren, 1913 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Wallengren, H. D. J. (1863): Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. — Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 7 (5): 137-151.

3.4. Information at other websites (external links)

[africanmoths.com]