Catocala maestosa Hulst, 1884

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 : 59

Catocala maestosa Hulst

Fig. 25 (lectotype)

Catocala maestosa Hulst, 1884: 53

Catocala maestosa ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 14

Catocala maestosa ; McDunnough 1938: 115

Catocala maestosa ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128

Type material. Catocala maestosa : the name maestosa was proposed as a replacement name for C. viduata Guenée, 1852 , which was based on a misidentification of Phalaena vidua J. E. Smith 1797 . Two of Hulst’s types are at the AMNH, and a male is designated lectotype to clarify application of the name maestosa . Th e lectotype bears the labels “Tex.”, “Collection / GDHulst”, “ Catocala / maestosa / Type Hulst.” Type Lolcality: Tex[as, USA].