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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ZooKeys
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2010-03-18
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10.3897/zookeys.39.425
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Catocala mira
syn.
dana
Cassino, syn. n.
Catocala mira
var.
dana
Cassino, 1918a: 54
Catocala mira
ssp.
dana
;
McDunnough 1938: 118
Catocala mira
ssp.
dana
;
Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129
Type
material.
Catocala mira
var.
dana
: the original description states a “
Holotype
♁ in the collection of the author.” Th ere is a female at the
USNM
[Type No. 44533, examined] with a Cassino type label and appropriate locality data, and because Cassino often missexed his material, we consider this female to be his
holotype
. The name
dana
has in the past been treated as a subspecies of
C. mira
Grote, 1876
, probably based on small sample sizes and limited knowledge of geographic variation in this species. We have examined large numbers of
C. mira
from throughout North America, and find the name
dana
to be neither distinctive nor geographically definable. Type Locality: Springfield,
Texas
, [
USA
].