Catocala semirelicta ssp. semirelicta, Gall, Lawrence & Hawks, David, 2010

Gall, Lawrence & Hawks, David, 2010, Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the Nearctic fauna, with a revised synonymic check list, ZooKeys 39 (39), pp. 37-83 : 64

Catocala semirelicta ssp. semirelicta syn. nevadensis Beutenmüller , syn. n.

Fig. 30 (lectotype)

Catocala nevadensis Beutenmüller, 1907: 935

Catocala nevadensis ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 28

Catocala nevadensis ; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala nevadensis ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala nevadensis : the original description states “Th ree males and five females, American Museum of Natural History.” Two types are at the AMNH, and a female is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name nevadensis . The lectotype bears the labels “27”, “Type / No. / A.M.N.H.”, “nevadensis from / which ♀ plate / was drawn / for mono.”, “ Catocala / nevadensis / Beut.” Th e lectotype of C. nevadensis is a specimen of the widespread and morphologically variable C. semirelicta Grote, 1874 with strong black markings on the forewing. Such specimens occur more commonly in the western USA, but have no definable geographic basis. Type Locality: hereby restricted to Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada [Mountains], California, [ USA] on the basis of the lectotype labels.