1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

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

2.1. Original description

1-3: Curtis (1830: unpaginated text, pl. 336) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Arcturus sparshalli Curtis, 1830 [Original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Trichetra stibosoma Butler, 1877 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Trichetra fraterna Butler, 1877 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Trichetra ochripyga Strand, 1929 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Trichetra melanotricha Strand, 1929 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Trichetra bicolorifera Strand, 1929 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Trichetra antealba Strand, 1929 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Trichetra tricolor Strand, 1929 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Trichetra albotestacea Strand, 1929 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Curtis, J. (1823-1840): British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects Found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the Most Rare and Beautiful Species, and in Many Instances of the Plants upon which they are Found. Vol V. Lepidoptera, Part I. — [Not paginated]. London (E. Ellis & Co.).