1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: Indonesien, Insel Sumba, Tambolaka, 9. Januar 2024 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause), conf. Dominik Hofer

2. Diagnosis

1-5: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-2: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-3: Cramer ([1780]: 140, pl. CCLXIX figs. E-F) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Phalaena caranea Cramer, [1780] [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Hypopyra fusifascia Walker, 1869 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hulodes mediomaculata (Warren, 1913) [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Taiwan, Australien, Indien, Singapur, Thailand, Hongkong, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesien, Philippinen, Kambodscha, China, Papua-Neuguinea, Brunei, Myanmar, Nördliche Marianen und Vietnam vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Batavia [heute die indonesische Hauptstadt Jakarta].

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Cramer, P. (“1782”) [1779-1780]: De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America 3: 1-176, pl. CICIII-CCLXXXVIII. Amsteldam (S. J. Baalde), Utrecht (Barthelemy Wild).

3.5. Information at other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [The Moths Of Borneo]
• [Australian Lepidoptera Butterflyhouse]
• [Moths of India]