1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description

1: Meyrick (1897: 375) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Eublemma orthopetes Meyrick, 1897 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Pseudozarba semicolor (Warren, 1913) [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Pseudozarba opellodes (Strand, 1917) [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Taxonomy

Eublemma orthopetes Meyrick, 1897 from Australia is often listed as a synonym of Pseudozarba opella, but we currently treat it as a separate species.

(Author: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Meyrick, E. (1897): Descriptions of New Lepidoptera from Australia and New Zealand. — The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London for the Year 1897: 367-390.