1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-9: three ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-9: three ♀♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1: Fabricius (1794: 50) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Noctua discolor Fabricius, 1794 [original combination]
• Athyrma discolor (Fabricius, 1794) [other combination according to funet.fi]

3.2. Synonyms

• Avatha includens Walker, [1858] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hypaetra trigonifera Walker, 1858 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hypaetra curvifera Walker, 1858 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hypaetra complacens Walker, 1858 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Ophiusa frontalis Walker, 1858 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Achaea expectans Walker, 1858 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1794): Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. III. Pars II: 1-349. Hafniae (C. G. Proft, fil. et soc.).