1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1-2: ♂, Australia, Victoria, NE Melbourne, Yarra Ranges NP, Mt. Donna Buang, 1100 m, 21. January 2012 lux; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

3-5: two ♀♀, Australia, Victoria, Victorian Alps, 20km SE Mount Beauty, Falls Creek, Pretty Valley Hut, 1690 m, 23. January 2012 lux; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

6: Australia, Victoria, Creswick, 430 m, at light, 11. February 2018 (det. & Studiofoto: Wolfgang Hackbusch), conf. Egbert FriedrichForum

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description

1-2: Guenée (1852: 412-413) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Amphipyra sanguinipuncta Guenée, 1852 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Mamestra trilineata Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Peripyra pallidior Warren, 1913 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

Emmerson & Hoare (2019: 67) wrote about Albany (Auckland): "First recorded 23 January 2010. Now fairly common from January until May; occasionally abundant, as on one night in March 2012, when there were 28 in one trap. This handsome Australian species was first recorded in New Zealand in February 2007 and has adapted well."

(Author: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literature

• Emmerson, A. & R. Hoare (2019): Lepidoptera from Redvale, Albany, north of Auckland, New Zealand, 2004-2016: an annotated list. — The Weta, 53: 43-70. [/weta.ento.org.nz]
• Original description: Guenée (1852): Noctuélites 2. = Boisduval & Guenée (1852): Histoire naturelle des insectes. Species général des lépidoptères 6: 1-444. Paris (Roret).