Desmeocraera nugatrix Felder & Felder, 1874

László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4965 (2), pp. 201-243 : 212

Desmeocraera nugatrix Felder & Felder, 1874 ( Figs. 37–38 , 119 )

Desmeocraera nugatrix Felder & Felder, 1874 , Heterocera, Bombyxes & Sphinges, in Felder, R. & A.F. Rogenhofer: Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara…2(4), pl. 94: 9. Type locality: [ South Africa] Cape colony. Holotype, female (NHMUK).

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FIGURES 35–52: adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT). 35, Desmeocraera interpellatrix, ♂; 36, Ibidem, ♂; 37, D. nugatrix, ♂; 38, Ibidem, ♂; 39, D. distanti, ♂; 40, Ibidem, ♀; 41, D. platti, ♂; 42, Ibidem, ♀; 43, D. bethunebakeri, ♂; 44, Ibidem, ♂; 45, D. oliva, ♂; 46, Ibidem, ♂; 47, Ibidem, ♀; 48, D. basalis, ♂; 49, Ibidem, ♀; 50, D. latex, ♂; 51, Chlorocalliope calliope, ♂; 52, Ibidem, ♀.

FIGURES 118–121. Male genitalia (a: clasping apparatus, b: phallus, c: 8th abdominal segment; all MSR, coll. ANHRT). 118, Desmeocraera interpellatrix, slide No. LG 5291; 119, D. nugatrix, slide No. ANHRT 00354; 120, D. distanti, slide No.ANHRT 00361; 121, D. platti, slide No. ANHRT 00359.