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 meskei syn. orion McDunnough , syn. n. Catocala orion McDunnough, 1922: 288 Catocala meskei ssp. orion ; McDunnough 1938: 116 Catocala meskei ssp. orion ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129 Type material. Catocala orion : holotype ♁ [ CNC , examined]. McDunnough (1922: 288) considered that specimens of C. orion “approach closest to meskei Grt. , and may eventually prove to be a race of this species.” We have examined the type series at the CNC , and consider that C. orion falls within the normal range of geographic variation of C. meskei Grote, 1873 . Type Locality: Lethbridge, Al[ber]ta, [ Canada ].