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 text ZooKeys 2010 2010-03-18 39 39 37 83 journal article 22629 10.3897/zookeys.39.425 7faaa125-e85b-4e6a-839f-369f3baa5964 1313–2970 576632 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 ].