1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1-2: Oman, Mascat, DoubleTree by Hilton, Bandar Jissah, 10 m, 4. Mai 2026, am Licht (det. & Foto: Andreas Manz)Forum

2. Diagnosis

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

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

2.1. Original description

Boisduval described this species twice in the same year. We do not know which description was published earlier. Therefore, both ones are provided here.

1-3: Boisduval (1833a: 92, pl. 13 fig. 9) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

1: Boisduval (1833b: 240) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Hadena mauritia Boisduval, 1833 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Agrotis aliena Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Celaena bisignata Walker, 1865 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Laphygma gratiosa Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Orthosia margarita Hawthorne, 1897 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Spodoptera effeminata (Warren, 1911) [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Agrotis yernauxi Hulstaert, 1924 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

According to [Afromoths] the species has been recorded in Bahrain, in the Britisch Territory in the Indian Ozean, the Comoro Islands, the Demokratic Republic of Kongo, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Réunion, Sao Tomé & Principé, Saudi-Arabia, Senegal, the Seychell-Islands, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Southafrika, Tanzania, the UNited Arabic Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Australia, Austral-Inlands(part of French Polynesia), Fiji-Islands, Hawaii, Marquesas, Marshall-Islands, New-Kaledonia, New-Guinea, the New Hebrides, the Norfolk Islands, Rapa Island, Renell Island, Samoa, Society Islands, the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Andamans, China, Indonesia (Borneo, Java), Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakista, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand vor.

Locus typicus: Lectotype ♀, Indien.

(Autor: Harald Lahm)

3.4. Literature

• Original description (?): Boisduval [J. A.] (1833a): Descriptions des lépidoptères de Madagascar. — Nouvelles annales du muséum d'histoire naturelle 2: 149-270, pl. 1-8. Paris (Roret).
• Original description (?): Boisduval, [J. A.] (1833b): Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. Seite 92, Plate 13, Abb. 9.[Link]

3.5. Informationen on other Websites (external Links)

• [Afromoths]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [BOLD]
• [iNaturalist]