Catocala junctura, Walker, 1858

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 : 62

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.39.425
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3788654
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D2962-FF82-1B08-5EE0-FCB5FBF5FB6B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catocala junctura
status	syn. n.

Treatment

Catocala junctura syn. margherita Beutenmüller , syn. n.

Catocala stretchi var. margherita Beutenmüller, 1918: 65

Catocala stretchi var. margherita ; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala stretchi var. margherita ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala margherita : holotype ♁ [ USNM, examined]. Th e holotype of margherita is a specimen of junctura Walker, [1858] with a thin black median hindwing band that is prominently curved basally. The name margherita has no definable geographic basis, as similar specimens occur in differing frequencies within populations of C. junctura throughout the western USA. Type Locality: Mendocino Co[unty], California, [ USA].