• Nyctemera Hübner, J. 1820. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. Augsburg : published by the author 431 pp. [178].

  Type species:

   Phalaena lacticinia Cramer, 1777 ([India]: Coromandel coast) by subsequent designation, see Hampson, G.F. 1894. Moths II. In, Blandford, W.T. (ed.). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London : Taylor and Francis xxii+609 pp. [46].
• Deilemera Hübner, J. 1820. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. Augsburg : published by the author 431 pp. [179].

  Type species:

   Phalaena evergista Stoll, 1781 ([Indonesia]: [Ambon I.] Amboina) by monotypy.
• Leptosoma Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv, 267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]] [197] [junior homonym; Leptosoma Desmarest, 1823].

  Type species:

   Leptosoma annulatum Boisduval, 1832 (new Guinea) by subsequent designation, see Meyrick, E. 1912. A revision of the classification of the New Zealand Caradrinina. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 44: 88-107 [93].
• Agagles White, A. 1841. Notes on some insects from King George's Sound, collected and presented to the British Museum by Captain George Grey. Appendix F. pp. 450-482 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [482].

  Type species:

   Agagles amicus White, 1841 (Western Australia, King George Sound) by monotypy.
• Dilemera Agassiz, J.L.R. 1847. [1842–1847]. Nomenclatoris Zoologici, continens nomina systematica generum Animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntor, anno editionis, etymologia, et familis, ad quas pertinent, in variis classibus. (Lepidoptera). Soloduri : Jent et Gassmann pp. Fasc. 9-10 [1846]; (Index universalis). 12 [1847] viii+393. [118, 124] [emendation].
• Aglagus Agassiz, J.L.R. 1847. [1842–1847]. Nomenclatoris Zoologici, continens nomina systematica generum Animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntor, anno editionis, etymologia, et familis, ad quas pertinent, in variis classibus. (Lepidoptera). Soloduri : Jent et Gassmann pp. Fasc. 9-10 [1846]; (Index universalis). 12 [1847] viii+393. [11] [emendation].
• Amathes Gistel, J. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs, für höhere Schulen. Stuttgart Vol. ix. [ix] [replacement name; nec Amathes Hübner, [1821]].
• Trypheromera Butler, A.G. 1881. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Part 5 xii+74 pp., pls 78-99. [ix, 45] [[Bangladesh]: [Sylhet] Silhet, Hong Kong].

  Type species:

   Nyctemera plagifera Walker, 1854 by original designation.
• Zonosoma Butler, A.G. 1881. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Part 5 xii+74 pp., pls 78-99. [ix, 44] [junior homonym; Zonosema Lederer, 1853].

  Type species:

   Nyctemera interlecta Walker, 1854 ([Bangladesh]: [Sylhet] Silhet) by original designation.
• Tristania Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [423] [replacement name; nec Tristania Böttger, 1878].
• Arctata Roepke, W. 1949. The genus Nyctemera Hübner. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 100: 47-70, 2 pls, 14 figs [50].

  Type species:

   Nyctemera arctata Roepke, 1949 ([India]:Hindostan; [Assam], [Cherrapunji] Cherra Poojee) by monotypy.
• Coleta Roepke, W. 1949. The genus Nyctemera Hübner. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 100: 47-70, 2 pls, 14 figs [53].

  Type species:

   Phalaena coleta Stoll, 1781 ([Indonesia]: [Ambon I.] Amboina) by monotypy.

Introduction

Nyctemera Hübner, [1820] and Deilemera Hübner, [1820] were published simultaneously. In recent literature priority has been given to Nyctemera Hübner and it may be that Roepke (1949) was the first reviser.

History of changes

• Agagles amicus White, A. 1841. Notes on some insects from King George's Sound, collected and presented to the British Museum by Captain George Grey. Appendix F. pp. 450-482 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [482].
• Leptosoma plagiatum Guenée, A. 1868. New species etc. of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Canterbury, New Zealand, collected by Mr R.W. Fereday. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 5: 1-6 [2].
• Nyctemera conicus Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [420] [subsequent misspelling].

Generic Combinations

• Nyctemera amicus (White, 1841).

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes

• Leptosoma baulus Boisduval, J.A.D. 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1: Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu pp.267. [200].
• Nyctemera fasciata Walker, F. 1856. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 1508-1808 [incl. Index to parts 1-7] [published May 1856] [1665].
• Nyctemera mundipicta Walker, F. 1859. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera collected at Singapore by Mr. A.R. Walker with Descriptions of New Species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 3: 183-198 [184].
• Nyctemera simulatrix Walker, F. 1865. Supplement 1. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 31: 1-321 [Part 31 dated 1864 but published 11 February, 1865] [198].
• Nyctemera integra Walker, F. 1866. Supplement 5. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1534-2040 [incl. Summary and Index to parts 31-35] [1879].
• Nyctemera tertiana Meyrick, E. 1886. On the synonymy of some species of Nyctemera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 23: 15-16 [15].
• Nyctemera aluensis Butler, A.G. 1887. Descriptions of New species of Bombycid Lepidoptera from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 19: 214-225 [222].
• Nyctemera secundiana Lucas, T.P. 1891. On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6(2): 277-306 [280].
• Nyctemera alba Pagenstecher, A. 1901. Beiträge zur lepidopterenfauna des Malayischen Archipels. XIV. Über die gattung Nyctemera Hübn. und ihre verwandten. Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 54: 89-175 [135].
• Deilemera nigrovena Swinhoe, C. 1903. On the genus Deilemera, Hübner. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 53-85, 2 pls [74].
• Deilemera nisa Swinhoe, C. 1903. On the genus Deilemera, Hübner. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 53-85, 2 pls [74].
• Deilemera illustris Swinhoe, C. 1903. On the genus Deilemera, Hübner. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 53-85, 2 pls [77].
• Nyctemera secundaria Swinhoe, C. 1903. On the genus Deilemera, Hübner. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 53-85, 2 pls [68] [subsequent misspelling].
• Deilemera pratti Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1904. New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 367-429, pls 4-6 [412].
• Nyctemera buruana Eecke, R. van 1929. Fauna Buruana. Lepidoptera Heterocera, fam. Zygaenidae, Syntomidae and Arctiidae. Treubia 7: 341-350 [349].
• Nyctemera samoensis Tams, W.H.T. 1935. Insects of Samoa and other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda. Part III. Lepidoptera, fasc. 4, Heterocera. London : British Museum pp. 169-290, pls 6-18. [196].
• Nyctemera baulus bipunctata Niewenhuis, E.J. 1948. Lepidoptera van den Banggaai-Archipel. II. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 89: 139-148, pl.12 [142].
• Nyctemera baulus moluccana Roepke, W. 1957. The genus Nyctemera Hübner. II. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 100: 147-178 [169].
• Deilemera baulus pullatus Fletcher, D.S. 1957. Macroheterocera of Rennell Island. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands 2: 31-66, [1-13], 90 figs [40].

Generic Combinations

• Nyctemera baulus (Boisduval, 1832).

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes

• Leptosoma luctuosa Snellen van Vollenhoven, S.C. 1863. Bijdrage tot de kennis van het vlindergeslacht Leptosoma Boisd. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 1: 35-51 [42].
• Nyctemera crescens Walker, F. 1865. Supplement 1. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 31: 1-321 [Part 31 dated 1864 but published 11 February, 1865] [204].
• Deilemera kapaurensis Swinhoe, C. 1903. On the genus Deilemera, Hübner. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 53-85, 2 pls [73].
• Deilemera drucei Swinhoe, C. 1903. On the genus Deilemera, Hübner. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 53-85, 2 pls [73].
• Deilemera dinawa Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1904. New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 367-429, pls 4-6 [411].

Generic Combinations

• Nyctemera luctuosa (Vollenhoven, 1863).

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes