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: Guenée (1852: 200) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Mamestra nigerrima Guenée, 1852 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Hadena extima Walker, 1857 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Mamestra insignata Walker, 1857 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hadena dilucesceus Lucas, 1895 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Euplexia asbolodes Turner, 1911 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Neumichtis albifusa (Warren, 1913) [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Eumichtis ochraceopuncta Strand, 1916 (infrasubsp.) [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Guenée (1852): Noctuélites 1. = Boisduval & Guenée (1852): Histoire naturelle des insectes. Species général des lépidoptères 5: I-XCVI, 1-407. Paris (Roret).