Catocala neogama syn. loretta Barnes & McDunnough, syn. n.

Fig. 23 (lectotype)

Catocala neogama race loretta Barnes & McDunnough, 1918: 16

Catocala neogama ssp. loretta; McDunnough 1938: 115

Catocala neogama ssp. loretta; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128

Type material. Catocala neogama race loretta: the original description lists 4 males and 3 females from several Texas localities, and a male type from the USNM is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name loretta . Th e lectotype bears the labels “Black Jack / Spgs, Texas ”, “ C. neogama / v. lucetta [sic] / Type B+McD”, “Barnes / Collection.” We noted above under the entry for the name euphemia that the larvae of C. loretta do not differ appreciably from those of both C. n. neogama and C. n. euphemia . A broad blend zone between C. n. neogama and C. n. euphemia exists in the southcentral United States, and specimens matching C. loretta occur throughout this zone, mostly in Texas. We therefore place C. loretta as a synonym of C. n. neogama (J. E. Smith, 1797) . Type Locality: hereby restricted to Black Jack Sp[rin]gs, Texas, [USA] on the basis of the lectotype labels.