Catocala luctuosa Hulst, 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 : 58-59

Catocala luctuosa Hulst , stat. rev.

Fig. 24 (lectotype)

Catocala luctuosa Hulst, 1884: 53

Catocala retecta syn. luctuosa ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 13

Catocala retecta ssp. luctuosa ; McDunnough 1938: 115

Catocala retecta ssp. luctuosa ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128

Type material. Catocala luctuosa : the original description does not state the number of types. Four types are at the AMNH, and a male is designated as lectotype to clarify ap-

plication of the name luctuosa . Th e lectotype bears the labels “Ind.”, “Collection / GD- Hulst”, “ Catocala / luctuosa / Type Hulst.” Although Hulst described C. luctuosa as a distinct species, the name has been treated in the literature as a synonym or subspecies of C. retecta Grote, 1872 . Gall (1991) established that C. luctuosa and C. retecta breed true, and that the adult morphologies are consistently distinct. Although C. luctuosa is encountered more commonly than C. retecta in the southcentral United States, the area of sympatry between the two is extensive and includes most of the geographic range of C. luctuosa . Accordingly, we reinstate C. luctuosa to the rank of species. Type Locality: hereby restricted to Ind[iana, USA] on the basis of the lectotype labels.