1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1-2: China, Sichuan, Minyiang, Pingwu, Yan Daiyiwa-Valley, Daojie, 2358 m, 26. Juni 2024 (fot.: Helmut Haas), det. Gábor & Laszlo Ronkay

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description

1-2: Walker (1857: 740-741) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Agrotis plagiata Walker, 1857 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Agrotis plagifera Walker, 1857 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Agrotis spectabilis Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Tiracola uniformis Warren, 1912 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Subspecies

• Tiracola plagiata nebulifera Warren, 1912 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.4. Faunistics

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Australien, Taiwan, Guam, Fidschi, Thailand, Japan, Indien, Französisch-Polynesien, Papua-Neuguinea, Hongkong, Malaysia, Neuseeland, Mexiko, Cookinseln, Indonesien, Brasilien, Neukaledonien, Samoa, Mikronesien, Kanada, Laos, Sri Lanka, Norfolkinsel, Philippinen, Tonga und Vietnam vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Ceylon.

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.5. Literature

• Original description: Walker, F. (1857): List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 11: 493-764.

3.6. Information at other websites (external links)

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• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]