1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description

1-3: Hübner (1823: 23, pl. [57] figs. 323-324) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Synonyms

• Plusiodes westermannii Guenée, 1852 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Vestermannia gloriosa Hampson, 1912 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.2. Literature

• Original description: Hübner, J. (1823): Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic], bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nichteuropäischer Gattungen. Zweytes Hundert: 1-32, 8 unpaginated pages, pl. [36]-[69]. Augsburg.