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 10.3897/zookeys.39.425 7faaa125-e85b-4e6a-839f-369f3baa5964 1313–2970 576632 Catocala irene Behr Fig. 21 ( neotype ) Catocala irene Behr, 1870: 24 Catocala irene ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 22 Catocala irene ; McDunnough 1938: 116 Catocala irene ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128 Type material. Catocala irene : the original description states “Ft. Tejon, one specimen.” Smith (1893: 343) indicated the irene type was in Henry Edwards’ collection, and Barnes and McDunnough stated (1918: 22): “According to Hy. Edwards, who had opportunities of examining the type specimen (since destroyed)…; a specimen of this form, marked ‘true to type’ exists in the Hy. Edwards’ Collection…” Reiff (1920: 64) added: “Without making any comments I may mention that I have from the old Worthington collection a specimen without locality label and marked ‘Irene type’ in apparently Strecker’s handwriting.” Henry Edwards’ specimen is at the AMNH , and Reiff’s specimen is at the MCZ . We have not been able to locate another specimen that is unquestionably the C. irene holotype . Reiff’s MCZ specimen could be the holotype , since what we consider to be the holotype of C. zoe Behr, 1870 is in the Strecker collection at the FMNH , and it seems likely that Behr’s Catocala types resided at some juncture with Strecker (see Gall and Hawks 1990 ). However, since we cannot prove the MCZ specimen is the holotype , and the name refers to a member of the taxonomically diffi cult and variable western Nearctic species, we give precedence to the AMNH specimen compared to the type, and designate it as neotype to clarify application of the name irene . Th e neotype bears the labels “Mendocino / California .”, “3477”, “No. 11896 / Collection / Hy. Edwards.”, “True to type. / irene / Behr.” Type Locality: hereby amended to Mendocino, California , [ USA ] on the basis of the neotype locality label.