Catocala hermia ssp. hermia

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 : 49

Catocala hermia ssp. hermia syn. diantha Beutenmüller

Fig. 12 (lectotype)

Catocala diantha Beutenmüller, 1907: 937

Catocala verecunda syn. diantha ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 21

Catocala hermia ssp. verecunda syn. diantha ; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala hermia ssp. verecunda syn. diantha ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128

Type material. Catocala diantha : the original description states “Collections, William Barnes, Jacob Doll, American Entomological Society, American Museum of Natural History, and United States National Museum.” Th ree types are at the AMNH, and a male is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name diantha . The lectotype bears the labels “Denver, Col. / 9-3-02.”, “No. 22374 / Museum Coll.”, “Type / No. / A.M.N.H.”, “ Catocala / diantha / Beuten.” Type Locality: hereby restricted to Denver, Colorado [ USA] on the basis of the lectotype locality label.