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 neogama syn. loretta Barnes & McDunnough , syn. n. Fig. 23 ( lectotype ) Catocala neogama race loretta Barnes & McDunnough, 1918: 16 Catocala neogama ssp. loretta ; McDunnough 1938: 115 Catocala neogama ssp. loretta ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128 Type material. Catocala neogama race loretta : the original description lists 4 males and 3 females from several Texas localities, and a male type from the USNM is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name loretta . Th e lectotype bears the labels “Black Jack / Spgs, Texas ”, “ C. neogama / v. lucetta [sic] / Type B+McD”, “Barnes / Collection.” We noted above under the entry for the name euphemia that the larvae of C. loretta do not differ appreciably from those of both C. n. neogama and C. n. euphemia . A broad blend zone between C. n. neogama and C. n. euphemia exists in the southcentral United States , and specimens matching C. loretta occur throughout this zone, mostly in Texas . We therefore place C. loretta as a synonym of C. n. neogama (J. E. Smith, 1797) . Type Locality: hereby restricted to Black Jack Sp[rin]gs, Texas , [ USA ] on the basis of the lectotype labels.