Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Nyctemerina (subtribe)/  Nyctemera (genus)/  Chiromachla (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Hopffer, 1857
Citation:	Nyctemera Leuconoë Hpfr.
Original genus:	Nyctemera
Publication:	Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
Volume:	1857
Issue:
Pagination:	422
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11071446

Nyctemera leuconoe (1)

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Taxonomic note:

See also Hopffer (1862: 430; pl. 28, fig. 3; http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33195412).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Syntype	♂	MfN	Syntypes 2♂, MfN.	Mozambique	[Mozambique], Delagoa Bay [Baia de Maputo], Inhambane, leg. Peters.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Angola		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 460
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 268
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Eswatini		page K. Braun
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Ethiopia		Oberthür C. 1880. Spedizione italiana nell'Africa equatoriale. Risultati zoologice. I Lepidotteri. page 174
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Kenya		Kirby W. F. 1896. On a collection of moths from East Africa formed by Dr. W. J. Ansorge, Medical Officer to the Uganda Administration. page 383
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Malawi		Butler A. G. 1894a. On two collections of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C. B., from British Central Africa. page 678
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Mozambique		Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera. page 442
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Nigeria		Nneji L. M., Adeola A. C., Wang Y.-Y., Ajao A. M., Anyaele, O., Malann Y., Olatunde O., Nneji I. C., Ayoola A. O., Rahman M. M., Adeniyi A. V., Okeyoyin A. & Olory C. S. 2020. Testing the effectiveness of DNA barcoding for biodiversity assessment of moths from Nigeria. page 5
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Seychelles	Mahé	Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. page 430
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 399
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Sudan		Butler A. G. 1888b. On the Lepidoptera received from Dr. Emin Pasha. page 83
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Tanzania		Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. page 35
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Uganda		Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page 415
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Uganda	Ssese Islands	Grünberg K. 1910a. Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopterenfauna der Sesse-Inseln im Victoria Nyanza. page 157
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Zambia		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 460
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Nyctemera leuconoe leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Malawi		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 14
Nyctemera leuconoe leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Mozambique		Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera. page 422
Nyctemera leuconoe limbalis (Strand, 1909)	Tanzania		Strand E. 1909e. Zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Arten der Arctiidengattungen Deilemera Hb., Eohemera Auriv., Secusio Wlk., Utetheisa Hb. und Aciopoeniella Strand. page 334
Nyctemera leuconoe limbalis (Strand, 1909)	Uganda	Ssese Islands	Grünberg K. 1910a. Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopterenfauna der Sesse-Inseln im Victoria Nyanza. page 157

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Bidens pilosa	Asteraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 179
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Coffea sp.	Rubiaceae	Angola	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Crassocephalum vitellinum	Asteraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 179
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Cynara sp.	Asteraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 179
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Eclipta prostrata	Asteraceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 78 (as E. erecta)
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Morus sp.	Moraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 179 (doubtful)
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Rubus sp.	Rosaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 179 (doubtful)
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Senecio abyssinicus	Asteraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 179
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Senecio pellucidus	Asteraceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 93
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Senecio sp.	Asteraceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Senecio syringifolius	Asteraceae		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 26

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Nyctemera leuconoe (1)

Nyctemera leuconoe (2)

Nyctemera leuconoe (3)

Nyctemera leuconoe (4)

Nyctemera leuconoe (5)

Nyctemera leuconoe (6)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Nyctemera leuconoe leuconoe Hopffer, 1857	Hopffer, 1857	subspecies	Accepted	Nyctemera leuconoe leuconoe
Nyctemera leuconoe limbalis (Strand, 1909)	(Strand, 1909)	subspecies	Accepted	Deilemera leuconoe limbalis

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination