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 relicta syn. elda Behrens , syn. n. Fig. 15 ( lectotype ) Catocala elda Behrens, 1887: 199 Catocala relicta race elda ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 20 Catocala relicta ssp. elda ; McDunnough 1938: 116 Catocala relicta ssp. elda ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128 Type material. Catocala elda : the original description states “Th ree examples. Portland, Oregon .” A female type is at the AMNH , and is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name elda . Th e lectotype bears the labels “No. 11745 / Collection / Hy. Edwards.”, “Type / No. / A.M.N.H.”, “ Catocala / elda Hy. Edw. / Type”, “Beutenmuller – Edwards / types A.M.N.H. Bulletin / IV p. 192. – 1892 / gives: C. elda Behrens / 1 ♀ , Portland Oregon . / Th is is presumably one / of three spec. referred to in O.D. / 14.VIII. 41 W. P. Comstock.” Beutenmüller (1897: 17) noted “last summer Mr. Doll raised a single specimen [of elda ] from a larva found on Long Island, N.Y. It is, without doubt, nothing more than a gray variety of C . relicta . Mr. Palm already called attention to this fact (Journ. N. Y. Entomological Soc., I, p. 21.).” Barnes and McDunnough stated (1918: 20) that elda was “at best a mere geographical race found on the Pacific Coast from British Columbia to Oregon … it is apparently best defined on Vancouver Island, B.C., for specimens before us from the interior of Washington State can scarcely be separated from phrynia .” Since we have also seen specimens referable to elda from other eastern North American localities, we place C. elda as a synonym of C. relicta Walker, [1858] . Type Locality: Portland, Oregon , [ USA ].