Catocala blandula Hulst

Fig. 5 (lectotype)

Catocala blandula Hulst, 1884: 38

Catocala blandula; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 41

Catocala blandula; McDunnough 1938: 118

Catocala blandula; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala blandula: the original description does not state the number of types. A male and female type are at the AMNH, and the male is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name blandula . Th e lectotype bears the labels “♁”, “Vt.”, “Collection / GDHulst”, “ Catocala / blandula / Type Hulst.” Type Locality: hereby restricted to V [ermon]t, [USA] on the basis of the lectotype label.