Catocala crataegi Saunders, 1876

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 : 48

Catocala crataegi Saunders

Fig. 11 (lectotype)

Catocala crataegi Saunders, 1876: 72

Catocala crataegi ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 39

Catocala crataegi ; McDunnough 1938: 118

Catocala crataegi ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala crataegi : the original description cites “[adult] specimens [reared from larvae] taken by bush beating about the middle of June.” Barnes and McDunnough (1918: 39) referred to a male type at the BMNH, and it is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name crataegi . Th e lectotype bears the labels “Grote Coll. / 81-116”, Canada / Saunders”, “ Canada / 81-116 [and on the reverse:] Catocala / crataegi / Type Saunders.” Type Locality: [London, Ontario, Canada].