Catocala chelidonia uniforma Hawks, 2010

Hawks, David, 2010, Review of the Catocala delilah species complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), ZooKeys 39 (39), pp. 13-35 : 31-32

Catocala chelidonia uniforma Hawks , ssp. n.

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Figs 25, 26

Type material. Holotype ♁ (Fig. 25, PMNH specimen #ENT 721053; FW length 20.0 mm), allotype ♀ (F ig. 26, PMNH specimen #ENT 721054; FW length 19.5 mm): Ash Canyon, Huachuca Mountains , Cochise County, Arizona, 1700 m, leg. N.

McFarland ; holotype 2 June 1981, allotype 15 June 1983. Paratypes (13 ♁ 26 ♀): 8 ♁ 12 ♀ from the type locality, varying dates and collectors; Sierra Vista , Cochise County, Arizona (1 ♀) ; Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains , Cochise County, Arizona (1 ♀) ; Cochise County: Chiricahua Mountains, Sunny Flat Campground , 11–12 June 2007, M.L. Raschko (1 ♁, 1 ♀) ; Chiricahua Mountains, South Fork Cave Creek (2 ♀) ; Chiricahua Mountains, vicinity of Southwestern Research Station (3 ♁, 5 ♀) ; Chiricahua Mountains (1 ♀) ; New Mexico: Hidalgo County, Peloncillo Mountains , Clanton Draw (3 ♀) ; Animas Mountains, Bear Canyon (1 ♁). Holotype and allotype deposited at PMNH, paratypes deposited at LACM and other USA museums as well as in private collections .

Diagnosis. This subspecies has uniform gray forewings with substantially reduced hoary mottling. Th e antemedial and postmedial forewing lines vary from inconspicuous to very distinct. Hindwing as in the nominate subspecies.

Description. Forewing: dorsal surface ground color charcoal gray, concolorous, with few hoary scales; antemedial and postmedial lines black; antemedial line fades away toward the inner margin; subreniform whitish to yellow, usually visible. Hindwing: pale areas dull yellow orange; bands black, apical spot dull yellow orange; anal spot separated from outer band; few dark scales at base.

Distribution and biology. Catocala chelidonia uniforma is known from mountains of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Nothing is known of the early stages of this subspecies. Adults have been collected from late May to mid-July, with peak abundance in mid-June (N. McFarland, pers. comm.).

Acknowledgments

I thank J.W. Johnson, W.W. Mayhew, the late K.W. Cooper, J.D. Pinto, and the late M.M. Barnes (University of California, Riverside) for their support of this research over the years. M.L. Raschko (Temecula, CA), D.L. Wikle ( San Marino, CA) and K.H. Osborne (Riverside, CA) offered useful discussions of western Catocala and provided access to specimens in their personal collections. L.F. Gall (PMNH), C. Schmidt, and D. Lafontaine provided editorial assistance and helpful suggestions on the manuscript. J.D. Gill (CNC) and A. M. Burg (PMNH) helped prepare the Figures. Most of the text was condensed from a 1986 Masters Th esis submitted by DCH to the Graduate Program in Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Riverside. Partial financial assistance provided by the Goelet-Cary Fund, Yale University.