Catocala faustina ssp. allusa, Hulst, 1884

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 : 54-55

Catocala faustina ssp. allusa syn. frenchii Poling , syn. rev.

Fig. 18 (lectotype)

Catocala frenchii Poling, 1901: 125

Catocala allusa syn. frenchi; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 22

Catocala allusa syn. frenchi; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala allusa syn. frenchi; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128

Type material. Catocala frenchii : the original description states “two examples, one in collection of G. H. French, the other in the collection of O. C. Poling.” A male type is at the USNM, and is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name frenchii . The lectotype bears the labels “N. Westminster, / 1900 B.C. / Poling.”, “Frenchii / Type”, “ Catocala / frenchii / Poling / Type.”, “Barnes / Collection.” Type Locality: New Westminster, B[ritish] C[olumbia], Canada.

Figures Ι7–24. Type specimens of Catocala . Ι 7 lectotype, C. francisca H. Edwards, 1880 Ι 8 lectotype, C. frenchii Poling, 1901 Ι 9 lectotype, C. gisela Meyer, 1880 20 neotype, C. grotiana Bailey, 1879 2Ι neotype, C. irene Behr, 1870 22 lectotype, C. jessica Strecker, 1877 23 lectotype, C. loretta Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 24 lectotype, C. luctuosa Hulst, 1884 .