Catocala grotiana Bailey, 1879

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 : 56

Catocala grotiana Bailey

Fig. 20 (neotype)

Catocala grotiana Bailey, 1879: 21

Catocala grotiana ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 26

Catocala grotiana ; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala grotiana ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala grotiana : the original description states “My specimen is a ♁ in good condition, and was taken in Colorado.” We have been unable to locate a specimen labeled as type, and the Bailey collection is apparently lost. Although usage of the name grotiana has been largely consistent during the last century, since the name refers to a member of the taxonomically diffi cult and variable western Nearctic species, we designate a female from the AMNH as neotype to clarify application of the name grotiana . Th e neotype bears the labels “ Colorado.”, “No. 12652 / Collection / Hy. Edwards.”, “Edw. Coll.”, “Catoc. / grotiana / Bailey.” Type Locality: remains Colorado, [ USA] on the basis of the neotype labels.