Catocala connubialis, Guenee, 1852

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 : 68

Catocala connubialis syn. sancta Hulst

Fig. 36 (lectotype)

Catocala sancta Hulst, 1884: 38

Catocala connubialis syn. sancta ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 44

Catocala connubialis syn. sancta ; McDunnough 1938: 118

Catocala connubialis syn. sancta ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala sancta : the original description does not state the number of types. A male type is at the AMNH, and is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name sancta . Th e lectotype bears the labels “Collection / GDHulst”, “ Catocala / sancta / Type Hulst.” The name sancta was proposed as a replacement name for C. connubialis Guenée, 1852 , which Hulst mistakenly thought was unavailable (see Gall and Hawks 2002b: 257–259 for detailed analysis of the name connubialis ). Type Locality: East and South East [southeastern USA].