1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mkuzi Game Reserve, Mantuma Camp, 50 m, at light trap, March 10, 2017 (det. & Foto: Peter Zahn), conf. Tonton BernardoForum

2: Tansania, June 2018 (phot.: Gabriele Kemus), det. Roland BreithauptForum

3: Bhutan, Trongsa, Trongsa, Hotelanlage, 2180, m, am Licht (det. (cf.) & fot.: Oskar Jungklaus)Forum

4: Südafrika, Limpopo, Waterberg, Bushmen San Lodge, 885 m, 19. Januar 2011 (det. & fot.: Dr. Wolf-Achim Roland)

5: Philippinen, Moalboal, 25. November 2016 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

6: Oman, Süd-Oman, Salalah, Hotel, 20. September 2023, Tagfund (fot.: Jörg Schneider), det. Kersten KrauseForum

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description, figure indicated therein, and text to the figure

1-3: Cramer & Stoll, [1780]: 175; Cramer [1779]: pl. CCL fig. E, 99 [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Phalaena hyppasia Cramer, [1779] [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Phalaena deliana Stoll, 1790 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Ophiusa anfractuosa Boisduval, 1833 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Trigonodes acutata Guenée, 1852 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Trigonodes compar Walker, 1858 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

According to [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] the species occurs in Australia, India, Taiwan, Réunion, Singapur, South Africa, Thailand, Japan, Kenia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Hongkong, Madagscar, Tansania, Malaysia, Swasiland, Cambodia, Pakistan, Philippinen, Simbabwe, Botswana, Mauritius, Vietnam, China, Gabun, Malawi, Mosambik, Namibia, Seychelles, Benin, Kap Verde, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Nigeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Christmas Island, Micronesiea, Laos, New Caledonia, Papua-Neuguinea, East Timor, and Mayotte.

Locus typicus according to the original description: Côte de Coromandel.

(Author: Michel Kettner)

3.4. Year of publication of the original description

Hemming (1958: 42) lets know the years and authorships for „De uitlandsche kapellen“:

• 1-104, pl. CXCIII-CCLII Cramer [1779]
• 105-176, pl. CCLIII-CCLXXXVIII Cramer & Stoll [1780] (“Written by Cramer and published after his death by Caspar Stoll”)

(Author: Jürgen Rodeland)

3.5. Literature

• Original description: Cramer, P. (“1782”) [1779-1780]: De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America 3: 1-176, pl. CICIII-CCLXXXVIII. Amsteldam (S. J. Baalde), Utrecht (Barthelemy Wild).
• Hemming, F. (1958): Opinion 516. — Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19 (1): 1-44. London.

3.6. Information on other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [Moths of India]
• [Moths of Borneo]