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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Catocala lineella
syn.
nerissa
H. Edwards
, syn. rev.
Fig. 29 (
lectotype
)
Catocala nerissa
H. Edwards, 1880: 61
Catocala amica
form
nerissa
;
Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 45
Catocala amica
syn.
nerissa
;
McDunnough 1938: 118
Catocala amica
syn.
nerissa
;
Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129
Type
material.
Catocala nerissa
: the original description states “Type, coll. B. Neumoegen.” At the
AMNH
is a
nerissa
labeled “Type” and at the
USNM
is another
nerissa
labeled “Type 2.” The
AMNH
type is a specimen of
C. lineella
Grote, 1872
and the
USNM
type is a specimen of
C. jair
Strecker, 1897
. The
AMNH
male is designated as
lectotype
to clarify application of the name
nerissa
. The name
nerissa
thereby attaches to
C. lineella
, which itself was reinstated to species status by Gall (1990). The
lectotype
bears the labels “S. West /
Texas
.”, “No. 11784 / Collection / Hy. Edwards.”, “
Cat. amica
/
var. nerissa
. / Type Hy. Edw.” Type Locality: hereby restricted to S[outh] West
Texas
, [
USA
] on the basis of the
lectotype
labels.