Catocala chelidonia chelidonia Grote

Hawks, David, 2010, Review of the Catocala delilah species complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), ZooKeys 39 (39), pp. 13-35 : 29-30

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.39.439
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3788779
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scientific name	Catocala chelidonia chelidonia Grote
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Type material. Catocala chelidonia : lectotype ♁ [ USNM, examined], designated by Gall and Hawks (2002: 244). Type locality: Prescott, Arizona, [ USA].

Figures 2Ι–26. Adults of Catocala . 2Ι, 22 C. chelidonia chelidonia Grote 23 holotype, C. chelidonia occidentalis Hawks 24 allotype, C. chelidonia occidentalis Hawks 25 holotype, C. chelidonia uniforma Hawks 26 allotype, C. chelidonia uniforma Hawks.

Diagnosis. Catocala chelidonia chelidonia is similar only to C. mcdunnoughi . The more brownish and mottled ground color in mcdunnoughi will usually separate these species. Also, in chelidonia , the teeth of the postmedial line at M1 and M2 are usually longer than other teeth, but usually not as conspicuous as in mcdunnoughi .

Distribution and biology. Catocala c. chelidonia occurs from southern Nevada and south-central Utah southward and eastward through Arizona to New Mexico. County records for USA are as follows. ARIZONA: Apache, Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Mohave, Pinal, Yavapai; CALIFORNIA: San Bernardino; NEVADA: Clark, Lincoln; NEW MEXICO: Bernalillo, Grant, Sandoval, Sierra; UTAH: Garfield, Washington. Crumb (1956) described larvae of C. c. chelidonia from Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona. Th e larvae of this subspecies probably feed mostly, if not exclusively, on Quercus turbinella . Adults have been collected from mid-June to late July.