Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species Author Mustelin, Tomas text Zootaxa 2006 1278 1 47 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.273509 899ffdc9-d0a8-4d5d-946e-a7cb59be3020 1175­5326 273509 Conochares acutus (Smith, 1905) Conochares catalina (Smith, 1906) , NEW SYNONYM Based on a comparison of the types , C. catalina appears to be conspecific with C. acutus . Both were described from material collected in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, and they differ only in the amount of gray on the outer half of the forewing, which is more prominent in C. acutus and lacking in C. catalina ; the latter is nearly all white. However, most populations of this species in southern California exhibit a range of phenotypes, from those with the outer half of the forewing uniformly gray (matching the type of C. acutus ) to specimens with a nearly pure white forewing (typical C. catalina ), as well as abundant intermediate forms.