Catocala electilis, 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 : 45-46

Catocala electilis syn. cassandra H. Edwards

Fig. 8 (lectotype)

Catocala cassandra H. Edwards, 1875b: 214

Catocala electilis syn. cassandra ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 30

Catocala electilis syn. cassandra ; McDunnough 1938: 117

Catocala electilis syn. cassandra ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala cassandra : the original description states “Guadalajara, Mexico, Baron Terloo. (Coll. Hy. Edw.).” A male type is at the AMNH, and is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name cassandra . Th e lectotype bears the labels “6034 / Mexico ”, “Type / No. / A.M.N.H.”, “No. 11763 / Collection / Hy. Edwards.”, “ Catocala type / cassandra Hy. Ed. / Guadalajara. Mex.”, “ C. electilis /

v. cassandra / Hy. Edw.”, “in coll. as / Catocala / electilis / Walker.” Type Locality: Guadalajara, Mexico.