1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1-2: ♂, Australia, Victoria, Grampians NP, Old Mill Road, 475 m, 13. January 2012 lux; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

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: Westwood in Kirby (1839: LV, pl. XX fig. 1) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Noctua ewingii Westwood, 1839 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Cloantha composita Guenée, 1852 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Mamestra maori Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Morrisonia peracuta Morrison, 1874 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Leucania dentigera Butler, 1880 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Persectania evingi Hampson, 1905 (emend.) [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

Original description: Kirby, W. [Pres.] (1839): June 5th, 1837. — Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2 (3): LIII-LVII.