1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

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

2.1. Original description

1-4: Guérin-Méneville ([1831]: 285, 319, pl. 19 fig. 6) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Ophiusa propitia Boisduval, 1832 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Hamodoes aurantiaca Guenée, 1852 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hypernaria discistriga Moore, 1857 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Ophisma attacicola Walker, 1858 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hamodes marginata Moore, 1882 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Guérin-Méneville, F. E. (1830-1838): Insectes. — In: Duperrey, L. I. (1830): Voyage autour du monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant des années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Tome Second, 2e Partie: i-xij (1838), 57-319, pl. 1-21. Paris (Arthus Betrand).