Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the Nearctic fauna, with a revised synonymic check list
Author
Gall, Lawrence
Yale University, New Haven ,,
Author
Hawks, David
University of California, Riverside ,, United States of America
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2010
2010-03-18
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10.3897/zookeys.39.425
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Catocala junctura
syn.
margherita
Beutenmüller
,
syn. n.
Catocala stretchi
var.
margherita
Beutenmüller, 1918: 65
Catocala stretchi
var.
margherita
;
McDunnough 1938: 116
Catocala stretchi
var.
margherita
;
Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129
Type
material.
Catocala margherita
:
holotype
♁ [
USNM
, examined]. Th e
holotype
of
margherita
is a specimen of
junctura
Walker, [1858]
with a thin black median hindwing band that is prominently curved basally. The name
margherita
has no definable geographic basis, as similar specimens occur in differing frequencies within populations of
C. junctura
throughout the western
USA
. Type Locality: Mendocino Co[unty],
California
, [
USA
].