1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: ♂, Südafrika, KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal Nationalpark, Thendele Camp, 1600 m, 24. Februar 2017, Lichtfang (det. & fot.: Peter Zahn), conf. Michel KettnerForum

2: ♀, Südafrika, KwaZulu-Natal, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Kosi Bay, Kosi Bay Lodge, 30 m, 7. März 2017, Lichtfang (det. & fot.: Peter Zahn), conf. Michel KettnerForum

2. Diagnosis

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

2.1. Original description

1: Fabricius (1794: 82) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Noctua emarginata Fabricius, 1794 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Oraesia metallescens Guenée, 1852 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Oraesia alliciens Walker, [1858] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Oraesia tentans Walker, [1858] [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Korea, Indien, Taiwan, Australien, Japan, Hongkong, Sri Lanka, Malawi, Mosambik, Nepal, Südafrika, China, Gambia, Kambodscha und Simbabwe vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Tranquebariae [Tarangambadi, Stadt in Indien].

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1794): Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. III. Pars II: 1-349. Hafniae (C. G. Proft, fil. et soc.).

3.5. Informations from other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [AfroMoths]
• [African Moths]
• [The Moths Of Borneo]
• [Australian Lepidoptera Butterflyhouse]