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

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: Cramer ([1779]: 99, pl. CCL fig. E) [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. 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).

3.4. Information on other websites (external links)

• [Moths of Borneo]