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Otroeda Walker, 1854
Otroeda Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 402, TS: Phalaena hesperia Cramer
= Nyctemera ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 84
Misidentified/misapplied:
Nyctemera (Liparinae); Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 84
Otroeda cafra (Drury, 1782)
W.Africa. See [About maps] Phalaena (Bombyx) cafra Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3 : pl. 5, f. 1, TL: Sierra Leone
Nyctemera aino Bryk, 1915; Archiv Naturg. 81 A (4) : 4, f. 1, TL: Songea, Tanganyika
= ; [NHM]
Otroeda cafra, African Moths [AFM]
 Nyctemera cafra ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 84; Jordan, 1924, Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 225
Otroeda cafra ; [NHM]
Otroeda catenata (Jordan, 1924)
Angola. See [About maps] Nyctemera catenata Jordan, 1924; Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 226, TL: Kakongo, North Loanda
Otroeda catenata ; [NHM]
Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, [1779])
W.Africa. See [About maps] Phalaena hesperia Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 99, pl. 251, f. A, B
Otroeda hesperia, African Moths [AFM]
 Nyctemera hesperia ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 84; Jordan, 1924, Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 222
Otroeda hesperia ; [NHM]
Otroeda manifesta (Swinhoe, 1903)
Congo. See [About maps] Nyctemera manifesta Swinhoe, 1903; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1903 (3) : 434, TL: Congo
Nyctemera manifesta ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 84; Jordan, 1924, Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 224
Otroeda manifesta ; [NHM]
Otroeda nerina (Drury, 1782)
Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Bombyx nerina Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3 : pl. 5, f. 2, TL: Sierra Leone
Otroeda occidentis Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 403, TL: Sierra Leone
= ; [NHM]
Nyctemera nerina ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 85; Jordan, 1924, Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 220
Nyctemera occidentis ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 85
Otroeda nerina ; [NHM]
Otroeda papilionaris (Jordan, 1924)
Congo. See [About maps] Nyctemera papilionaris Jordan, 1924; Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 224, TL: Bopoto, Upper Congo
Otroeda papilionaris ; [NHM]
Otroeda permagnifica Holland, 1893
W.Africa. See [About maps] Otroeda permagnifica Holland, 1893; Psyche 6 : 413, TL: West Africa
Nyctemera permagnifica ; Jordan, 1924, Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 225
Otroeda permagnifica ; [NHM]
Otroeda planax (Jordan, 1924)
Gold Coast - Congo. See [About maps] Nyctemera planax Jordan, 1924; Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 221, TL: Gold Coast - Congo
Otroeda planax, African Moths [AFM]
 Otroeda planax ; [NHM]
Otroeda vesperina Walker, 1854
W.Africa, Congo, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Otroeda vesperina Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 403, TL: Congo
Otroeda jonesi Sharpe, 1891; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 7 (37) : 134, TL: Gabon, Ogove R.
= ; [NHM]
Otroeda varunaea Druce, 1882; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 : 780
= ; [NHM]
Otroeda tenuimargo Prout, 1918; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 1 (4) : 318, TL: N.Rhodesia
= ; [NHM]

Nyctemera jonesi ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 84
Nyctemera vesperina jonesi ; Jordan, 1924, Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 223
Nyctemera varunea[sic] ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 85
 Nyctemera tenuimargo ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 85
Nyctemera vesperina tenuimargo ; Jordan, 1924, Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 224
Nyctemera vesperina ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 85
Nyctemera vesperina vesperina ; Jordan, 1924, Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 223
Nyctemera vesperina ; Jordan, 1924, Novit. Zool. 31 (2): 222
Otroeda vesperina ; [NHM]

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References:
[AFM]
African Moths
[About maps]
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[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

Some related literature:
Bryk, 1915
Neue exotische, insbesondere aethiopische Schmetterlinge Archiv Naturg. 81 A (4) : 1-16
Cramer, [1779]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779), (22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]), (23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)
Druce, 1882
Descriptions of a new Genus and some new Species of Heterocera Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 : 777-782, pl. 60-61
Drury, 1782
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3 : 1-76, pl. 1-50
Holland, 1893
Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera Psyche 6 : 373-376, 393-400, 411-418, 431-434, 451-454, 469-476, 487-490, 513-520, 531-538, 549-552, 565-568, pl. 10, 17-18, 20-21
Jordan, 1924
On the West African Lymantriid genus Nyctemera [P Otroeda (Lep. Het.)] Novit. Zool. 31 (2)
Prout, 1918
New Heterocera in the Joicey collection Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 1 (4) : 312-318
Sharpe, 1891
Descriptions of some new Species of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Herbert Ward at Bangala, on the Congo Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 7 (37) : 130-135
Swinhoe, 1903
A revision of the Old World Lymantriidae in the National collection Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1903 (3) : 375-498
Swinhoe, 1923
A revision of the genera of the family Liparidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 449-484, 11 (61): 47-97, 11 (63): 289-304, 11 (64): 400-442
Walker, 1854
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 583-775 (1855), 4: 777-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

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