Nyctemera

Nyctemera is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae.

It includes the species Nyctemera annulata and Nyctemera amica, which are closely related and are able to interbreed. They are medium sized moths, the adults having a wingspan of 35–45 millimetres (1.4–1.8 in). The wings are usually dark with lighter patches, while the body is often aposematically coloured to discourage birds and other visual predators from eating them.

The slow-flying moths can often be seen feeding at flowers; it is common around its preferred food plants of the daisy family, for example groundsel (and other Senecio spp.), ragworts and Cineraria. The colourful hairy larvae feed openly on the plants, often stripping off all the leaves. The mature larvae will sometimes wander from the plant to pupate. The loosely spun cocoon incorporates some of the larval hairs and may also be found amongst leaves.

Several species formerly placed here are now assigned to other genera. These include Utetheisa (containing Atasca, Pitasila and Raanya, erstwhile subgenera of Nyctemera), the revalidated Chiromachla, Podomachla and Xylecata , and the newly-established Afronyctemera.

Contents 1 Species 1.1 Subgenus Arctata Roepke, 1949 1.2 Subgenus Coleta Roepke, 1949 1.3 Subgenus Deilemera Hübner, [1820], 1816 1.4 Subgenus Luctuosana de Vos, 2010 1.5 Subgenus Nyctemera s.str. 1.6 The Nyctemera (Nyctemera) clathrata species group 1.7 Subgenus Orphanos Hübner, [1825], 1816 1.8 Subgenus Tritomera de Vos & Dubatolov, 2010 1.9 Unsorted Nyctemera species 1.10 Afrotropical species transferred into Afronyctemera Dubatolov, 2006 1.11 Afrotropical species transferred into Chiromachla Strand, 1909 1.12 Afrotropical species transferred into Podomachla Strand, 1909 1.13 Afrotropical species transferred into Xylecata Swinhoe, 1904 2 Main articles on Nyctemera taxonomy 3 External Links

Species

Subgenus Arctata Roepke, 1949

Subgenus Coleta Roepke, 1949

Subgenus Deilemera Hübner, [1820], 1816

Subgenus Luctuosana de Vos, 2010

Subgenus Nyctemera s.str.

The Nyctemera (Nyctemera) clathrata species group

Subgenus Orphanos Hübner, [1825], 1816

Subgenus Tritomera de Vos & Dubatolov, 2010

• Nyctemera trita

Unsorted Nyctemera species

Afrotropical species transferred into Afronyctemera Dubatolov, 2006

• Nyctemera itokina

Afrotropical species transferred into Chiromachla Strand, 1909

Afrotropical species transferred into Podomachla Strand, 1909

Afrotropical species transferred into Xylecata Swinhoe, 1904

Main articles on Nyctemera taxonomy

• de Vos, R. 1994 [1995]: Nyctemera groenendaeli spec. nov. from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerina). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 15 (4): 481-489.
• de Vos, R. 1995: A revision of Nyctemera consobrina (Hopffer, 1874) with redescription of three subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 16 (1): 81-93.
• de Vos, R. 1996: Nyctemera pseudokala sp. nov. and N. mastrigti sp. nov., two new species from Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 17 (3): 301-311.
• de Vos, R. 1997: A revision of Nyctemera kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904) (with descriptions of two new subspecies) and N. warmasina (Bethune-Baker, 1910) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 18 (1): 1-12.
• de Vos, R. 1997: The identity of Nyctemera simulatrix Walker, 1864 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 18 (2-3): 205-210.
• de Vos, R. 2002: Revision of the Nyctemera evergista group (=subgenus Deilemera Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae, Nyctemerini). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 23 (1/2): 7-32.
• de Vos, R. 2007: Revision of the Nyctemera clathratum complex (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 150: 39-54.
• de Vos, R. 2007: The Utetheisa species of the subgenera Pitasila, Atasca and Raanya subgen. n. (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Aldrovandia 3: 31-120.
• de Vos, R., Černý, K. 1999: A review of the Philippine species of the genus Nyctemera Hubner, [1820] with descriptions of new sspecies and subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 20 (2): 133-188.
• de Vos, R., Dubatolov, V.V. 2010: Nyctemerini. In: Dubatolov, V.V., Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 11-18.
• Dubatolov, V.V. 2006: On the generic status of the Afrotropical Nyctemera species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 37 (1/2): 191-205.

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