1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description

1-3: Snellen (1880: 57-58, pl. 5 fig. 2) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Erastria ritsemae Snellen, 1880 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Acontia vitiensis Butler, 1886 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Erastria albofusca Pagenstecher, 1888 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Eustrotia thermozona Hampson, 1910 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Subspecies

• Maliattha ritsemae interrupta Warren, 1913 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Snellen, P. C. T. (1880): Lepidoptera van Celebes verzameld door Mr. M. C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijving der nieuwe soorten. Tweede afdeeling: Heterocera II. Noctuina. — Tijdschrift voor entomologie 23: 41-138, pl. 4-7. 'S Gravenhage (Martinus Nijhoff).